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RLSK is Nabokov's first English language novel, written in Europe just before he migrated to America. It has generally been dismissed by many as a minor work, but I believe it to be a first-rate novel that is a vintage example of Nabokov's prose. Despite being an English novel, RLSK has roots that stem back to Russian realism, as Nabokov's character, V., has a mother who is deliberately similar to Anna Karenina (leaves father for a much younger lover and later has an emotional meeting with her s
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