''Nine Stories'' is an English-language collection of stories written in Russian, French, and English by
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. Bo ...
. It was published in 1947 by
New Directions in New York City, as the second issue of a serial, ''Direction''.
The nine stories are:
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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 ...
''" (a translation by Nabokov and Peter Pertzov of "Pil'gram")
* "''Cloud, Castle, Lake''" (a translation by Nabokov and Peter Pertzov of "Oblako, ozero, bashnia")
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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. ''S ...
''" (a translation by Nabokov and Peter Pertzov of "Vesna v Fialte")
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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 "
Conversation Piece 1945" in ''Nabokov's Dozen'' and later)
No further edition of the book was ever published; all nine stories subsequently reappeared in ''Nabokov's Dozen'', and much later in ''The Stories of Vladimir Nabokov''.
1947 short story collections
Short story collections by Vladimir Nabokov
New Directions Publishing books
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