The Stories of Vladimir Nabokov
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Author | Vladimir Nabokov |
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Translator | Dmitri Nabokov et al. |
Language | English |
Publisher | Alfred A. Knopf |
Publication date | 24 October 1995 |
Publication place | United States |
Media type | |
Pages | 659 |
ISBN | 9780394586151 |
OCLC | 32780442 |
813.54—dc20 95-23466 | |
LC Class | PS3527.A15A6 1995 |
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". The thirteen stories not previously published in English are translated by the author's son, Dmitri Nabokov. The collection was first published in America by Alfred A. Knopf in 1995.
The collection includes 65 stories (including one that was long considered lost, but discovered shortly before the latest edition of the volume).
List of stories
Originally written in Russian (1924–39)
- "The Wood-Sprite" (1921)
- "Russian Spoken Here" (1923)
- "Sounds" (1923)
- "Wingstroke"
- "Gods"
- "A Matter of Chance" (1924)
- "The Seaport" (1924)
- "Revenge" (1924)
- "Beneficence" (1924)
- "Details of a Sunset" (1924)
- "The Thunderstorm" (1924)
- "La Veneziana" (1924)
- "Bachmann" (1924)
- "The Dragon"
- "Christmas"
- "A Letter That Never Reached Russia"
- "The Fight"
- "The Return of Chorb" (1925)
- "A Guide to Berlin"
- "A Nursery Tale"
- "Terror"
- "Razor"
- "The Passenger"
- "The Doorbell"
- "An Affair of Honor"
- "The Christmas Story"
- "The Potato Elf"
- "The Aurelian" (1930)
- "A Dashing Fellow"
- "A Bad Day"
- "The Visit to the Museum" (Template:Lang-ru), inspiration for the A Night at the Museum movies
- "A Busy Man"
- "Terra Incognita"
- "The Reunion"
- "Lips to Lips" (ca. 1931)
- "Orache"
- "Music"
- "Perfection"
- "The Admiralty Spire"
- "The Leonardo" (1933)
- "In Memory of L. I. Shigaev"
- "The Circle"
- "A Russian Beauty"
- "Breaking the News"
- "Torpid Smoke"
- "Recruiting"
- "A Slice of Life"
- "Spring in Fialta" (Template:Lang-ru) (1936)
- "Cloud, Castle, Lake" (Template:Lang-ru)
- "Tyrants Destroyed"
- "Lik"
- "Vasiliy Shishkov"
- "Ultima Thule"
- "Solus Rex"
Originally written in French (1936)
- "Mademoiselle O" (1936)
Originally written in English (1940–59)
- "The Assistant Producer"
- "That in Aleppo Once…"
- "A Forgotten Poet"
- "Time and Ebb"
- "Conversation Piece, 1945"
- "Signs and Symbols" (1946)
- "First Love"
- "Scenes from the Life of a Double Monster"
- "The Vane Sisters" (1951)
- "Lance"
Editions
- Alfred Knopf, New York, 1995 (hardback) ISBN 0-394-58615-8
- Vintage, New York, 1996 (paperback) ISBN 0-679-72997-6
- Weidenfeld & Nicolson, London, 1996 (hardback) ISBN 0-297-81722-1
- Penguin, London, 1997 (paperback) ISBN 0-14-118051-X
- Penguin, London, 1999 (paperback) ISBN 0-14-018975-0
- Penguin, London, 2001 (paperback) ISBN 0-14-118345-4