''Nabokov's Quartet'' is a collection of four of
Vladimir Nabokov's
short stories. The collection was first published by
Phaedra
Phaedra may refer to:
Mythology
* Phaedra (mythology), Cretan princess, daughter of Minos and Pasiphaë, wife of Theseus
Arts and entertainment
* ''Phaedra'' (Alexandre Cabanel), an 1880 painting
Film
* ''Phaedra'' (film), a 1962 film by ...
, New York in 1966. It contains the following short stories:
* "
An Affair of Honor"
* "
Lik Lik or Ngelik is a part of an Indonesian gamelan composition that contrasts from the surrounding section, either the ompak or merong.
Lik may also refer to:
People Surname
*Hon Lik or Hon Li (born 1951), Chinese pharmacist who invented the modern ...
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* "
The Vane Sisters "The Vane Sisters" is a short story by Vladimir Nabokov, written in March 1951. It is famous for providing one of the most extreme examples of an unreliable narrator. It was first published in the Winter 1958 issue of ''The Hudson Review'' and then ...
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* "
The Visit to the Museum"
The latter two were reprinted in 1968 in ''
Nabokov's Congeries
''Nabokov's Congeries'' was a collection of work by Vladimir Nabokov published in 1968 and reprinted in 1971 as ''The Portable Nabokov''. Because Nabokov supervised its production less than a decade before he died, it is useful in attempting to id ...
'', and "Lik" and "The Vane Sisters" are included in ''
Tyrants Destroyed and Other Stories'' (1975). All four stories were published again posthumously within ''
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 ...
''.
{{Vladimir Nabokov
Short story collections by Vladimir Nabokov
1966 short story collections