The reputation of Vladimir Nabokov, in terms of his achievement in establishing himself as a major writer in two literatures, is an extremely rare one in western culture. Joseph Conrad, who may spring to mind as a comparable figure, wrote only in an English which was, in effect, his third language. A closer analogue, in English and French, would be the bilingual Samuel Beckett.

Nabokov is the author of seventeen novels and some sixty-five stories, many of which exist in double versions – Russian-English, or English-Russian: if not originally authored in both languages, then authorised (and definitively polished) by him through collaborative translation (mostly with his son Dmitri). He began writing as a poet in Tsarist …

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Cornwell, Neil. "Vladimir Nabokov". The Literary Encyclopedia. First published 21 March 2002
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Articles on Nabokov's works

1. Ada or Ardor: A Family Chronicle
2. Bend Sinister
3. Dar [The Gift]
4. Glory
5. Invitation to a Beheading
6. Izobretenie Val'sa [The Waltz Invention]
7. King, Queen, Knave
8. Korol', dama, valet [King, Queen, Knave]
9. Lectures on Literature
10. Lolita
11. Look at the Harlequins!
12. Mashen'ka [Mary]
13. Otchaianie [Despair]
14. Pale Fire
15. Pnin
16. Podvig [Glory]
17. Poseshchenie muzeia [The Visit to the Museum]
18. Priglashenie na kazn' [Invitation to a Beheading]
19. Sogliadatai [The Eye]
20. Speak, Memory: An Autobiography Revisited
21. Strong Opinions
22. The Man from the USSR and Other Plays
23. The Original of Laura (Dying Is Fun)
24. The Real Life of Sebastian Knight
25. The Vane Sisters
26. Transparent Things
27. Tyrants Destroyed
28. Venetsianka [La Veneziana]
29. Volshebnik [The Enchanter]
30. Vozvrashchenie Chorba [The Return of Chorb]
31. Zashchita Luzhina [Luzhin's Defense / The Defense]

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1. Metafictional Writing

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