''Nabokov's Congeries'' was a collection of work 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. Bor ...

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 identify which works Nabokov considered to be his best, especially among his short stories.

* Editor's Introduction by Page Stegner * A Bibliographical Note * Vladimir Nabokov: A Chronology The Artist Himself * From ''

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. Scop ...

: An Autobiography Revisited'' Eleven Stories * "

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 ...

" * " Cloud, Castle, Lake" (Облако, озеро, башня) * " The Visit to the Museum" (Посещение музея) * " Spring in Fialta" (Весна в Фиальте) * " That in Aleppo Once..." * " The Assistant Producer" * "

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 st ...

" * "First Love" * "

Lance A lance is a spear designed to be used by a mounted warrior or cavalry soldier (lancer). In ancient and medieval warfare, it evolved into the leading weapon in cavalry charges, and was unsuited for throwing or for repeated thrusting, unlike s ...

" * " The Vane Sisters" * " Scenes from the Life of a Double Monster" Essays and Criticism * On a Book Entitled '' Lolita'' * Introduction to ''

Bend Sinister In heraldry, a bend is a band or strap running from the upper dexter (the bearer's right side and the viewer's left) corner of the shield to the lower sinister (the bearer's left side, and the viewer's right). Authorities differ as to how mu ...

'' * Foreword to Mihail Lermontov's ''

A Hero of Our Time ''A Hero of Our Time'' ( rus, Герой нашего времени, links=1, r=Gerój nášego vrémeni, p=ɡʲɪˈroj ˈnaʂɨvə ˈvrʲemʲɪnʲɪ) is a novel by Mikhail Lermontov, written in 1839, published in 1840, and revised in 1841. It ...

'' * From '' Nikolai Gogol'': The Government Specter * From the Commentary to ''

Eugene Onegin ''Eugene Onegin, A Novel in Verse'' (Reforms of Russian orthography, pre-reform Russian: ; post-reform rus, Евгений Оне́гин, ромáн в стихáх, p=jɪvˈɡʲenʲɪj ɐˈnʲeɡʲɪn, r=Yevgeniy Onegin, roman v stikhakh) is ...

'': On Romanticism; The Art of the Duel * From ''

'': A Sample Translation from Chapter One, Stanzas I-VIII * Reply to My Critics A Novel and Three Excerpts * ''

Pnin ''Pnin'' () is Vladimir Nabokov's 13th novel and his fourth written in English; it was published in 1957. The success of ''Pnin'' in the United States launched Nabokov's career into literary prominence. Its eponymous protagonist, Timofey Pavlovi ...

'' complete * From '' Despair'' * From ''

Invitation to a Beheading ''Invitation to a Beheading'' (russian: Приглашение на казнь, lit=''Invitation to an execution'') is a novel by Russian American author Vladimir Nabokov. It was originally published in Russian from 1935 to 1936 as a serial in ' ...

'' * From '' The Gift'' Poems * The Refrigerator Awakes * A Literary Dinner * A Discovery * An Evening of Russian Poetry * Restoration * Lines Written in Oregon * Ode to a Model * On Translating ''

'' * Rain * The Ballad of Longwood Glen

A Textual Note

The text of "The Assistant Producer" contained in ''Nabokov's Congeries'' omits the story's final two paragraphs, which had apparently been inadvertently dropped from all English-language editions of the story subsequent to the first. This was explained by the author's son in his introduction to the posthumously published collection

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 ...

(1995), in which the story appears with its final paragraphs restored. {{Vladimir Nabokov Short story collections by Vladimir Nabokov 1968 short story collections Viking Press books

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A Textual Note