Vladimir Nabokov
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born
December 13, 1901
died
July 02, 1977
gender
male
place of birth
Saint Petersburg, Russian Federation
genre
Literature & Fiction
about this author
Nabokov wrote his first nine novels in Russian, then rose to international prominence as a master English prose stylist. He also made significant contributions to entomology and had an interest in chess problems.
Nabokov's Lolita (1955) is frequently cited as his most important novel, and is at any rate his most widely known one, exhibiting the love of intricate wordplay and descriptive detail that characterized all his works.
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Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov avg rating 3.95 — 44,189 ratings — published 1955 140 editions |
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Pale Fire by Vladimir Nabokov avg rating 4.30 — 2,905 ratings — published 1962 29 editions |
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Pnin by Vladimir Nabokov avg rating 3.99 — 1,684 ratings — published 1957 33 editions |
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Invitation to a Beheading by Vladimir Nabokov avg rating 3.92 — 1,459 ratings — published 1938 18 editions |
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Ada, or Ardor: A Family Chronicle by Vladimir Nabokov avg rating 4.17 — 1,333 ratings — published 1969 25 editions |
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Speak, Memory by Vladimir Nabokov avg rating 4.24 — 1,189 ratings — published 1967 22 editions |
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The Stories of Vladimir Nabokov by Vladimir Nabokov avg rating 4.33 — 930 ratings — published 1995 3 editions |
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Laughter in the Dark by Vladimir Nabokov avg rating 3.89 — 1,005 ratings — published 1385 22 editions |
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Despair by Vladimir Nabokov avg rating 3.86 — 817 ratings — published 1939 15 editions |
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The Defense by Vladimir Nabokov avg rating 3.84 — 783 ratings — published 1961 18 editions |
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"Lolita, light of my life, fire of my loins. My sin, my soul. Lo-lee-ta: the tip of the tongue taking a trip of three steps down the palate to tap, at three, on the teeth. Lo. Lee. Ta."
— Vladimir Nabokov (Lolita)
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— Vladimir Nabokov (Lolita)
"I think it is all a matter of love; the more you love a memory the stronger and stranger it becomes"
— Vladimir Nabokov
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— Vladimir Nabokov
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