A Russian beauty, and other stories
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A Russian beauty, and other stories
（Penguin twentieth-century classics）
Penguin, 1975, c1973
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"The Russian originals of the thirteen Englished stories selected for the present collection were composed ... between 1924 and 1940, and appeared one by one in various ..."--Foreword
Mostly translated by Dmitri Nabokov in collaboration with the author, first story by Simon Karlinsky
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In this collection of short stories Vladimir Nabokov reflects upon the Russian "emigre" world of the 20s and 30s. Disconsolate, uprooted characters make up a tapestry which is shot through with nostalgia and irony. Vladimir Nabokov also wrote "Lolita".
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