''A Russian Beauty and Other Stories'' is a collection of thirteen short stories by Russian author

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. Bor ...

. The short stories in this collection were originally written in Russian between 1927 and 1940 under the pseudonym Vladimir Sirin. Before being collated into short story collections, some were published by various European Russian émigré newspapers and magazines. This collection was published in English in 1973 by McGraw-Hill in New York, it was translated by Nabokov himself and his son

Dmitri Nabokov Dmitri Vladimirovich Nabokov (russian: Дми́трий Влади́мирович Набо́ков; May 10, 1934February 22, 2012) was an American opera singer and translator. Born in Berlin, he was the only child of Russian parents: author Vlad ...

as well as Simon Karlinsky who collaborated with the author to translate the first short story " A Russian Beauty".

Stories included

* " A Russian Beauty" written in 1934 * " The Leonardo" written in 1933 * " Torpid Smoke" written in 1935 * " Breaking the News" written in 1935 * " Lips to Lips" written in 1932 * " A Visit to the Museum" written in 1931 * "

An Affair of Honor ''Affair of Honor'' is a silent film that was inspired by a famous painting. It was made 18 May 1901 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania by Lubin Studios. A woman and her male friend (Arthur Marvin) are seated at a table when another woman makes roma ...

" written in 1927 * "

Terra Incognita ''Terra incognita'' or ''terra ignota'' (Latin "unknown land"; ''incognita'' is stressed on its second syllable in Latin, but with variation in pronunciation in English) is a term used in cartography for regions that have not been mapped or do ...

" written in 1931 * " A Dashing Fellow" written in 1930 * " Ultima Thule" written in 1940 * " Solus Rex" written in 1940 * " The Potato Elf" written in 1929 * " The Circle" written in 1934

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Russian Beauty And Other Stories Short story collections by Vladimir Nabokov 1973 short story collections