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Vladimir Nabokov (1899-1977) was one of the great writers of the twentieth century, as well as a translator and lepidopterist. His works include, from the Russian novels, The Luzhin Defense and The Gift; from the English novels, Lolita, Pnin, Pale Fire and Ada; the autobiographical Speak, Memory; translations of Alice in Wonderland into Russian and Eugene Onegin into English; and lectures on literature. All of the fiction and Speak, Memory are published in Penguin.
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The poems are coy, clever, sophisticated, sonorous and worldly. In other words, Nabokovian * New York Daily News *
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- PublisherPenguin Books UK
- Publication date2013
- ISBN 10 0141192267
- ISBN 13 9780141192260
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages256
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