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Vladimir Nabokov
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Mary (Penguin Great Loves) |
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English |
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Paperback |
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144 |
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2007-08-02 |
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0141032901 |
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Penguin Classics |
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0.44 pounds |
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0.35 x 4.45 x 7.13 inches |
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136 pp , IN ENGLISH, ABOUT THE AUTHOR :: Vladimir Nabokov , whose full name was Vladimir Vladimirovich Russian Nabokov (St. Petersburg, April 22, 1899 ( April 10 Julian calendar ) ?? Montreux , Switzerland , July 2, 1977 ), was a writer of Russian origin, nationalized American. He wrote his first literary works in Russian, but became internationally famous as a master of the novel with his written English work , especially his novel Lolita ( 1955 ), a portrait of American society through the metaphor of the journey , in which hatches a middle-aged man falls in love and maintains a relationship with a teenager. He is also known for his significant contributions to the study of Lepidoptera and their creation of problems ajedrez.Fue the eldest son of Vladimir Dmitrievich Nabokov and his wife Yelena Ivanovna Rukavíshnikova , a wealthy and aristocratic St. Petersburg , where cryo during his childhood and youth (House of Nabokov ) . The family spoke in Russian, English and French , so Nabokov was trilingual from very small. Even the work of their governesses , first learned the English language to Russian. In 1919 his family was exiled to Germany for fear of Bolshevism and Nabokov entered the University of Cambridge. In 1922 his father was killed, allegedly by the Nazis. In 1940 he came to the United States (although it had already left the Russian language since 1938 ) , from France and fleeing the horrors of the Second World War ; his brother Sergei die in a German concentration camp in 1944. Work [edit · edit code ] Nabokov 's early writings were in Russian, but achieved international recognition in English. By this circumstance has been compared to Joseph Conrad , who was of Polish origin ; However , some see this comparison as moot , whereas Conrad only composed in English, and never in their natural language , Polish (the same Nabokov rejected such comparison for aesthetic reasons ) . He translated many of his works into English gilts , sometimes in collaboration wi
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