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The Stories of Vladimir Nabokov
by
Vladimir Nabokov
Oct. 8, 2024 - Dec. 7, 2024
(fiction, great-writing)
Nabokov, V. (2004). The Stories of Vladimir Nabokov. Vintage.
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peripatetic »
p.623
frowzy »
(adjective) musty stale / (adjective) having a sl…
p.619
compunction »
(noun) anxiety arising from awareness of guilt / …
p.607
quiddity »
(noun) the inherent nature or essence of someone …
p.582
lachrymose »
(adjective) given to tears or weeping; tearful / …
p.425
[...] regardless of what happened to me or to her…
p.610
Colette was back in Paris by the time we stopped …
p.601
This, and much more, she accepted—for after all l…
p.598
FOR the fourth time in as many years they were co…
p.590
None of the women were pretty; all had reached or…
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Preface
by Dmitri Nabokov
(missing author)
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THE WOOD-SPRITE
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RUSSIAN SPOKEN HERE
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SOUNDS
another affair story. written in the first person, addressed to You
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WINGSTROKE
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GODS
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A MATTER OF CHANCE
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THE SEAPORT
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REVENGE
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BENEFICENCE
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DETAILS OF A SUNSET
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THE THUNDERSTORM
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LA VENEZIANA
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BACHMANN
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THE DRAGON
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CHRISTMAS
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THE FIGHT
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THE RETURN OF CHORB
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A GUIDE TO BERLIN
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A NURSERY TALE
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TERROR
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RAZOR
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THE PASSENGER
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THE DOORBELL
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AN AFFAIR OF HONOR
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222
THE CHRISTMAS STORY
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228
THE POTATO ELF
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248
THE AURELIAN
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A DASHING FELLOW
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A BAD DAY
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THE VISIT TO THE MUSEUM
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A BUSY MAN
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TERRA INCOGNITA
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304
THE REUNION
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LIPS TO LIPS
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ORACHE
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MUSIC
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PERFECTION
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348
THE ADMIRALTY SPIRE
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358
THE LEONARDO
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THE CIRCLE
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385
A RUSSIAN BEAUTY
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390
BREAKING THE NEWS
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396
TORPID SMOKE
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401
RECRUITING
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A SLICE OF LIFE
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SPRING IN FIALTA
narrator has a long-lived affair with a woman named nina. love this. it hurts me
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SPRING IN FIALTA
narrator has a long-lived affair with a woman named nina. love this. it hurts me
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CLOUD, CASTLE, LAKE
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438
TYRANTS DESTROYED
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LIK
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MADEMOISELLE O
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VASILIY SHISHKOV
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ULTIMA THULE
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523
SOLUS REX
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546
THE ASSISTANT PRODUCER
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560
“THAT IN ALEPPO ONCE …”
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A FORGOTTEN POET
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TIME AND EBB
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CONVERSATION PIECE, 1945
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598
SIGNS AND SYMBOLS
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FIRST LOVE
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THE VANE SISTERS
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LANCE
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