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1	Lolita more books like this by Vladimir Nabokov Vladimir Nabokov's notorious, hilarious erotic murder mystery takes the form of a monologue by his hero, Humbert Humbert, as he attempts to justify his love for and obsession with the barely adolescent Dolores Haze, known as Lolita. Humbert's cross-country flight with his adored nymphet ends with her betrayal of him with his rival, the evil Quilty ... see all copies from $2.44! new only from $7.28! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
2	Pale fire more books like this by Vladimir Nabokov Generally considered one of Nabokov's greatest works, PALE FIRE consists of a 999-line poem written by a professor named John Shade, and a scholarly commentary on it by his colleague, Charles Kinbote. The novel is a satire of literary scholarship and American university life; it is also a study of creativity in both its constructive and ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $7.72! \| first editions \| SVS
3	Pnin more books like this by Vladimir Nabokov PNIN was the last novel Nabokov wrote in America, in 1957 when he was teaching at Cornell. It is the story of a drab, gentle, lovable failure: Timofey Pnin, an émigré Russian teacher at a mediocre upstate New York college who fails to get tenure and ultimately loses his job. Pnin's history amusingly resembles what Nabokov's might have been had he ... see all copies from $3.75! new only from $7.72! \| first editions \| SVS
4	The Annotated Lolita: Revised and Updated more books like this by Vladimir Nabokov Alfred Appel Jr. appends to the text of LOLITA an exhaustive network of notes, definitions, clarifications, translations, and variations, as well as a general introduction to the novel. see all copies from $8.44! new only from $11.01! \| SVS
5	Invitation to a beheading more books like this by Vladimir Nabokov In an unnamed dream country, Cincinnatus C. is condemned to death by beheading for "gnostical turpitude", an imaginary crime that defies definition. After spending his last days in jail, he simply wills his executioners out of existence. see all copies from $4.75! new only from $7.19! \| first editions \| SVS
6	Speak, Memory: An Autobiography Revisited more books like this by Vladimir Vladimirovich Nabokov Vladimir Nabokov's dazzling autobiography, published in 1966, is a dense and enchanting flood of recollections--of his comfortable bourgeois childhood and adolescence, his obsession with lepidoptery, his rich and liberal-minded father, his beautiful and compassionate mother, an army of relations and hangers-on, and St. Petersburg in pre ... see all copies from $2.33! new only from $7.00! \| first editions \| SVS
7	The stories of Vladimir Nabokov. more books like this by Vladimir Nabokov Here, for the first time, are 65 stories--13 of which have never before been published in book form--by one of the 20th century's great prose stylists collected in one elegant volume. Written from the early 1920s to the mid-1950s, these stories will remind readers that they are in the company of a great original, a literary master. Edited by his ... see all copies from $6.58! new only from $10.45! \| first editions \| SVS
8	ADA, or Ardor: A Family Chronicle more books like this by Vladimir Nabokov One of Nabokov's masterpieces; a complex love story troubled by incest. But there's more; it is also a fairy tale, epic, philosophical treatise on the nature of time, parody of the history of the novel and erotic catalogue. see all copies from $2.40! new only from $9.91! \| first editions \| SVS
9	Despair more books like this by Vladimir Nabokov Written in 1935 and heavily revised in 1965, DESPAIR is a witty puzzle of a murder mystery à la Nabokov, in which the protagonist, Hermann Hermann, decides to escape his mundane existence by faking his own death--a feat he accomplishes by killing his "double"-- or, at least, his absurd conception of what his double might be. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $7.65! \| first editions \| SVS
10	Laughter in the Dark more books like this by Vladimir Nabokov In this grotesque black comedy, an aspiring actress marries a wealthy man named Albinus Kretschmar for his money. When he is blinded in an accident, she invites her lover to move in with them. He lives there in secret, invisible to the blind man, whom he murders in the end. see all copies from $2.94! new only from $7.80! \| first editions \| SVS
11 view cover	The Gift more books like this by Vladimir Nabokov The last of the novels Nabokov wrote in Russian consists of five sections, all involving a poet named Fyodor Godunov-Cherdyntsev, and unified only by his presiding consciousness. Nabokov considered THE GIFT to be his best novel. see all copies from $6.43! new only from $9.08! \| first editions
12 view cover	Bend Sinister more books like this by Vladimir Nabokov Nabokov's first novel written in America was inspired by his vision of the madness of totalitarianism, which he called "idiotic and despicable." Adam Krug, an internationally celebrated professor of philosophy, is asked by an old schoolmate, now a power-mad dictator, to lend his support to his brutal regime. Krug refuses. His friends are ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $7.75! \| first editions \| SVS
13 view cover	Lectures on Literature more books like this by Vladimir Nabokov For two decades, first at Wellesley and then at Cornell, Nabokov introduced undergraduates to the delights of great fiction. Here, collected for the first time, are his famous lectures, which include Mansfield Park, Bleak House, and Ulysses. Edited and with a Foreword by Fredson Bowers; Introduction by John Updike; illustrations. see all copies from $4.79! new only from $11.14! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
14 view cover	Glory more books like this by Vladimir Nabokov Nabokov chronicles the aimless and unremarkable life of Martin Edelweiss: his Swiss-Russian background, his parents' divorce, the death of his father, his mother's remarriage, his years at Oxford, and his love affair with the fickle Sonia. Uninterested in a career after university, Martin wanders Europe, working at odd jobs. Then, suddenly, he ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| first editions \| SVS
15 view cover	Mary more books like this by Vladimir Nabokov Nabokov's first novel (1925) is a comic fantasy about a Russian émigré army officer who is living in a seedy Berlin boarding house. Nostalgically, he remembers his first, idyllic love affair with the lovely Mary ("Mashenka"). Inevitably, he contrasts his old life before the Revolution with his present one, which includes the unpleasant man in the ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $6.66! \| first editions \| SVS
16 view cover	Nikolai Gogol more books like this by Vladimir Nabokov Nabokov shows that Gogol's comedy was not Dickensian, but biting and salty, textured throughout by a use of the irrational not duplicated by any other writer; that in the play "The Government Inspector" and "Dead Souls," a novel, his depiction of the frauds of bureaucracy and the vagaries of Russian serf-owners were not so much intended to hasten ... see all copies from $9.36! new only from $9.36! \| first editions \| SVS
17 view cover	Transparent Things more books like this by Vladimir Nabokov In this very short novel, Hugh Person is an American who makes four trips to Switzerland representing the publisher he works for. During the first, his father dies, and in subsequent visits things go from bad to worse. He becomes involved in a complicated love affair, a farcical murder by a sleepwalker, and a disastrous fire. Eventually, we ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $8.16! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
18 view cover	Speak Memory more books like this by Vladimir Nabokov Vladimir Nabokov's dazzling autobiography, published in 1966, is a dense and enchanting flood of recollections--of his comfortable bourgeois childhood and adolescence, his obsession with lepidoptery, his rich and liberal-minded father, his beautiful and compassionate mother, an army of relations and hangers-on, and St. Petersburg in pre ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $15.00! \| first editions
19 view cover	Look at the Harlequins! more books like this by Vladimir Nabokov Nabokov's last novel, written when he was in his 70s, is about a writer called Vadim McNab, whose real last name is something else, but he has forgotten what. Although Nabokov never returned to Russia after he left in 1919, this novel is set there--an imaginary journey home. McNab is, of course, a stand-in for Nabokov himself, and this playful ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $9.37! \| signed copies \| first editions
20 view cover	Lectures on Russian literature more books like this by Vladimir Nabokov, Fredson Bowers These lectures by Nabokov at Cornell deal mainly with Gogol, Turgenev, Dostoyevsky, Tolstoy, Chekhov, and Gorki. see all copies from $8.34! new only from $12.22! \| first editions \| SVS
21 view cover	Real life of Sebastian Knight more books like this by Vladimir Nabokov Nabokov's first novel written in English is about a great, Russian writer somewhat like Nabokov himself. After his death, his life is being researched by his half-brother, who is ill-equipped for the task but who struggles to understand Sebastian Knight's work, the two major love affairs that governed his life, and other unexpected details that ... see all copies from $2.61! new only from $3.74! \| first editions \| SVS
22 view cover	King Queen Knave more books like this by Vladimir Nabokov Deeply influenced by ALICE IN WONDERLAND (which Nabokov translated into Russian), this is a novel about a love triangle: a callow youth named Franz; the wealthy uncle who employs him in his glitzy Berlin emporium; and the uncle's wife, Martha, who seduces Franz. The novel was written during Nabokov's 18-year exile in Berlin where--impoverished, ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $5.00! \| first editions \| SVS
23 view cover	The eye more books like this by Vladimir Nabokov In this very short novel--Nabokov's fourth--a Russian émigré named Smurov kills himself after a humiliating affair with a married woman. His troubles, however, continue in the afterlife, as he tries to find out who he is and why this has happened to him. see all copies from $4.74! new only from $8.77! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
24	ADA or Ardor more books like this by Vladimir Nabokov see all copies from $1.99! new only from $16.32! \| first editions
25 view cover	Strong Opinions more books like this by Vladimir Vladimirovich Nabokov This collection of Nabokov's opinions, as expressed in interviews, articles, and reviews, includes his thoughts on literature, movies, American culture, art, and the Russian Revolution. see all copies from $2.99! new only from $9.65! \| first editions \| SVS

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