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Vladimir Nabokov

Vladimir Nabokov studied French and Russian literature at Trinity College, Cambridge, then lived in Berlin and Paris, writing prolifically in Russian under the pseudonym Sirin. In 1940, he left France for America, where he wrote some of his greatest works—Bend Sinister (1947), Lolita (1955), Pnin (1957), and Pale Fire (1962)—and translated his earlier Russian novels into English. He taught at Wellesley, Harvard, and Cornell. He died in Montreux, Switzerland, in 1977.
Think, Write, Speak
Letters to Véra
The Tragedy of Mister Morn
The Original of Laura
Selected Poems of Vladimir Nabokov
Lolita
Vintage Nabokov
Lolita: A Screenplay
The Stories of Vladimir Nabokov
The Real Life of Sebastian Knight
Glory
The Enchanter
The Gift
The Annotated Lolita
The Eye
The Defense
Look at the Harlequins!
Bend Sinister
Strong Opinions
Ada, or Ardor
Laughter in the Dark
Mary
Transparent Things
Invitation to a Beheading
Speak, Memory
King, Queen, Knave
Pnin
Despair
Pale Fire

Books

Think, Write, Speak
Letters to Véra
The Tragedy of Mister Morn
The Original of Laura
Selected Poems of Vladimir Nabokov
Lolita
Vintage Nabokov
Lolita: A Screenplay
The Stories of Vladimir Nabokov
The Real Life of Sebastian Knight
Glory
The Enchanter
The Gift
The Annotated Lolita
The Eye
The Defense
Look at the Harlequins!
Bend Sinister
Strong Opinions
Ada, or Ardor
Laughter in the Dark
Mary
Transparent Things
Invitation to a Beheading
Speak, Memory
King, Queen, Knave
Pnin
Despair
Pale Fire

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