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Nabokov's Dozen
''Nabokov's Dozen'' (1958) a collection of 13 short stories by Vladimir Nabokov previously published in American magazines. (Nine of them also previously appeared in '' Nine Stories''.) All were later reprinted within ''The Stories of Vladimir Nabokov''. Two stories, ''First Love'' (as ''Colette'') and ''Mademoiselle O'' are also included in Nabokov's ''Speak, Memory''. Contents *"Spring in Fialta" *"A Forgotten Poet" *"First Love" *"Signs and Symbols" *"The Assistant Producer" *"The Aurelian" *"Cloud, Castle, Lake" *"Conversation Piece, 1945" *" That in Aleppo Once..." *"Time and Ebb" *"Scenes from the Life of a Double Monster" *"Mademoiselle O "Mademoiselle O" is a memoir by Vladimir Nabokov about his eccentric Swiss-French governess. Publication history It was first written and published in French in '' Mesures'' (vol. 2, no. 2, 1936) and subsequently in English (translated b ..." *"Lance" 1958 short story collections Short story collections by Vladimir Nabok ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vladimir Nabokov
Vladimir Vladimirovich Nabokov (russian: link=no, Владимир Владимирович Набоков ; 2 July 1977), also known by the pen name Vladimir Sirin (), was a Russian-American novelist, poet, translator, and entomologist. Born in Imperial Russia in 1899, Nabokov wrote his first nine novels in Russian (1926–1938) while living in Berlin, where he met his wife. He achieved international acclaim and prominence after moving to the United States, where he began writing in English. Nabokov became an American citizen in 1945 and lived mostly on the East Coast before returning to Europe in 1961, where he settled in Montreux, Switzerland. From 1948 to 1959, Nabokov was a professor of Russian literature at Cornell University. Nabokov's 1955 novel '' Lolita'' ranked fourth on Modern Library's list of the 100 best 20th-century novels in 2007 and is considered one of the greatest 20th-century works of literature. Nabokov's ''Pale Fire'', published in 1962, was ranked ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
United States
The United States of America (U.S.A. or USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S. or US) or America, is a country primarily located in North America. It consists of 50 states, a federal district, five major unincorporated territories, nine Minor Outlying Islands, and 326 Indian reservations. The United States is also in free association with three Pacific Island sovereign states: the Federated States of Micronesia, the Marshall Islands, and the Republic of Palau. It is the world's third-largest country by both land and total area. It shares land borders with Canada to its north and with Mexico to its south and has maritime borders with the Bahamas, Cuba, Russia, and other nations. With a population of over 333 million, it is the most populous country in the Americas and the third most populous in the world. The national capital of the United States is Washington, D.C. and its most populous city and principal financial center is New York City. Paleo-Americ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nine Stories (Nabokov)
''Nine Stories'' is an English-language collection of stories written in Russian, French, and English by Vladimir Nabokov. It was published in 1947 by New Directions in New York City, as the second issue of a serial, ''Direction''. The nine stories are: * "''The Aurelian''" (a translation by Nabokov and Peter Pertzov of "Pil'gram") * "''Cloud, Castle, Lake''" (a translation by Nabokov and Peter Pertzov of "Oblako, ozero, bashnia") * "''Spring in Fialta''" (a translation by Nabokov and Peter Pertzov of "Vesna v Fialte") * "''Mademoiselle O "Mademoiselle O" is a memoir by Vladimir Nabokov about his eccentric Swiss-French governess. Publication history It was first written and published in French in '' Mesures'' (vol. 2, no. 2, 1936) and subsequently in English (translated b ...''" (a translation by VN with Hilda Ward from the French) * "''A Forgotten Poet''" * "''The Assistant Producer''" * "''That in Aleppo Once...''" * "''Time and Ebb''" * "Double Talk" (retitled " ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Stories Of Vladimir Nabokov
''The Stories of Vladimir Nabokov'' (in some British editions, ''The Collected Stories'') is a posthumous collection of every known short story that Vladimir Nabokov ever wrote, with the exception of "The Enchanter". In the current printing of this work, sixteen stories not previously published in English are translated by the author's son, Dmitri Nabokov. The collection was first published in America by Alfred A. Knopf in 1995. As initially published, the collection included 65 stories. Nabokov's first collection of short stories, Nabokov's Dozen ''Nabokov's Dozen'' (1958) a collection of 13 short stories by Vladimir Nabokov previously published in American magazines. (Nine of them also previously appeared in '' Nine Stories''.) All were later reprinted within ''The Stories of Vladimir N ..., contained thirteen total stories, which made for the structure of all of his subsequent collections, four in his lifetime. In the introduction to the collection, Dmitri Nabokov explains th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Speak, Memory
''Speak, Memory'' is an autobiographical memoir by writer Vladimir Nabokov. The book includes individual essays published between 1936 and 1951 to create the first edition in 1951. Nabokov's revised and extended edition appeared in 1966. Scope The book is dedicated to his wife, Vera, and covers his life from 1903 until his emigration to America in 1940. The first twelve chapters describe Nabokov's remembrance of his youth in an aristocratic family living in pre-revolutionary Saint Petersburg and at their country estate Vyra, near Siverskaya. The three remaining chapters recall his years at Cambridge and as part of the Russian émigré community in Berlin and Paris. Through memory Nabokov is able to possess the past. Nabokov published "Mademoiselle O", which became Chapter Five of the book, in French in 1936, and in English in ''The Atlantic Monthly'' in 1943, without indicating that it was non-fiction. Subsequent pieces of the autobiography were published as individual or ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Spring In Fialta
"Spring in Fialta" is a short story written by Vladimir Nabokov in 1936, originally as ''Весна в Фиальте (Vesna v Fial'te)'' in Russian, during his exile in Berlin. The English translation was performed by Nabokov and Peter Pertzov. ''Spring in Fialta'' is included in Nine Stories and Nabokov's Dozen. Synopsis Victor, the narrator, serendipitously encounters Nina, a fellow exile, at Fialta, a fictional Mediterranean town. Both are married and have met and flirted on several occasions over the years since their first kiss in Russia, “at the margins of islife”. Nina is attractive, seemingly aloof, and ephemeral. Victor, on the other hand, though still feeling deep affection for her, lacks the conviction of true love. He has remained faithful in his own marriage, while she has had multiple affairs that have gone ignored by her husband, Ferdinand, beyond his using them for business connections. The story drifts between past and present, as Victor recalls past encoun ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Signs And Symbols
"Signs and Symbols" is a short story by Vladimir Nabokov, written in English and first published, May 15, 1948 in ''The New Yorker'' and then in ''Nabokov's Dozen'' (1958: Doubleday & Company, Garden City, New York). In ''The New Yorker'', the story was published under the title "Symbols and Signs", a decision by the editor Katharine White. Nabokov returned the title to his original "Signs and Symbols" when republishing the story. Plot summary An elderly couple tries to visit their mentally ill son in a sanatorium on his birthday. They are informed that he attempted to take his life and they cannot see him now. After their return home, the husband announces his decision to take him out of the sanatorium. The story concludes with mysterious telephone calls. The first two apparently misdialed calls are from a girl asking for "Charlie"; the story ends when the phone rings for the third time. In the course of the story the reader learns many details of the unnamed couple's life: the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Aurelian
"The Aurelian" is a short story first written in Russian as ''Pil'gram'' by Vladimir Nabokov during his exile in Berlin in 1930. After translation by Nabokov and Peter Pertzov it was published in English in ''The Atlantic Monthly'' in 1941. ''The Aurelian'' is included in Nine Stories and Nabokov's Dozen. Plot summary The aurelian is Paul Pilgram, an entomologist and butterfly dealer who has never left his native Berlin. His life is empty and dreary, his business is dismal, and his marriage is perfunctory. His dream has been to venture out on a collecting trip abroad, but lack of resources or interfering circumstances have never allowed this to happen. He imagines collecting butterflies in places such as Digne in France, Ragusa in Dalmatia, Sarepta in Russia, or Abisko in Lapland, catching them in the tropics, or following the lead of Father Dejean (a French missionary who worked in East Tibet''Dieter E. Zimmer''. Chinese Rhubarb and Caterpillars Investigation about Father ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
That In Aleppo Once
''That'' is an English language word used for several grammatical purposes. These include use as an adjective, conjunction, pronoun, adverb, and intensifier; it has distance from the speaker, as opposed to words like ''this''. The word did not originally exist in Old English, and its concept was represented by '. Once it came into being, it was spelt as (among others, such as ''þet''), taking the role of the modern ''that''. It also took on the role of the modern word ''what'', though this has since changed, and ''that'' has recently replaced some usage of the modern ''which''. Pronunciation of the word varies according to its role within a sentence, with two main varieties (a strong and a weak form), though there are also regional differences, such as where the sound is substituted instead by a in English spoken in Cameroon. Modern usage The word ''that'' serves several grammatical purposes. Owing to its wide versatility in usage, the writer Joseph Addison named it "that ja ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mademoiselle O
"Mademoiselle O" is a memoir by Vladimir Nabokov about his eccentric Swiss-French governess. Publication history It was first written and published in French in '' Mesures'' (vol. 2, no. 2, 1936) and subsequently in English (translated by Nabokov and Hilda Ward) in ''The Atlantic Monthly'' (January 1943). It was first anthologized in '' Nine Stories'' (1947) and was later reproduced in '' Nabokov's Dozen'' (1958) and ''The Stories of Vladimir Nabokov ''The Stories of Vladimir Nabokov'' (in some British editions, ''The Collected Stories'') is a posthumous collection of every known short story that Vladimir Nabokov ever wrote, with the exception of "The Enchanter". In the current printing of this ....'' It became a chapter of ''Conclusive Evidence'' (1951, also titled '' Speak, Memory'') and subsequently of ''Drugie Berega'' (1954, translated into Russian by the author) and ''Speak, Memory: An Autobiography Revisited'' (1966).All editions of the autobiography: Juliar, it ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1958 Short Story Collections
Events January * January 1 – The European Economic Community (EEC) comes into being. * January 3 – The West Indies Federation is formed. * January 4 ** Edmund Hillary's Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition completes the third overland journey to the South Pole, the first to use powered vehicles. ** Sputnik 1 (launched on October 4, 1957) falls to Earth from its orbit, and burns up. * January 13 – Battle of Edchera: The Moroccan Army of Liberation ambushes a Spanish patrol. * January 27 – A Soviet-American executive agreement on cultural, educational and scientific exchanges, also known as the "Lacy-Zarubin Agreement, Lacy–Zarubin Agreement", is signed in Washington, D.C. * January 31 – The first successful American satellite, Explorer 1, is launched into orbit. February * February 1 – Egypt and Syria unite, to form the United Arab Republic. * February 6 – Seven Manchester United F.C., Manchester United footballers are among the 21 people killed i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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