Nabokov's final completed novel published during his lifetime.
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Vladimir Nabokov (1899–1977)
Vladimir Nabokov (1899–1977) was a Russian-born American novelist, poet, translator, critic, and lepidopterist who wrote in Russian and English.
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First edition, published in two volumes. First US edition: G. P. Putnam's Sons, New York, 1958. First UK edition: Weidenfeld & Nicolson, London, 1959.
Original Russian title: Дар (Dar). An incomplete version was serialized in Sovremennye zapiski in Paris in 1937–1938, with Chapter 4 omitted. The complete text was first published in book form by Chekhov Publishing House in New York in 1952.
English title: The Gift. The Russian novel was serialized in Sovremennye zapiski in 1937–1938 without Chapter Four. The complete Russian text was first published in book form in New York in 1952.
Nabokov's first English-language novel.
Original Russian title: Приглашение на казнь (Priglashenie na kazn'). First serialized in Sovremennye zapiski, 1935–1936; first book publication by Dom Knigi in Paris in November 1938.
English title: Invitation to a Beheading. Translated into English by Dmitri Nabokov in collaboration with Vladimir Nabokov and published in 1959. The Russian original was serialized in Sovremennye zapiski in 1935–1936 and published in book form in Paris in 1938 under the name V. Sirin.
Original Russian title: Отчаяние (Otchayanie). First serialized in Sovremennye zapiski in 1934; first book publication in Berlin in 1936. Nabokov later translated and revised the novel in English.
English title: Despair. Nabokov translated the novel into English for its 1937 publication and later revised the English text. The Russian original was serialized in Sovremennye zapiski and published in book form in Berlin in 1936 under the name V. Sirin.
Original Russian title: Камера обскура (Kamera Obskura). Russian book edition published in Berlin in 1933. An English translation by Winifred Ray appeared as Camera Obscura in 1935; Nabokov substantially revised and translated the novel himself as Laughter in the Dark in 1938.
English publication history: Camera Obscura (1936), translated by Winifred Roy, was disavowed by Nabokov. Nabokov substantially revised the novel for the 1938 English version, published as Laughter in the Dark.
English title: Glory. Published under the name V. Sirin. The novel appeared serially in Sovremennye zapiski in 1931 and was published in book form on November 6, 1932.
Original Russian title: Подвиг (Podvig). First serialized in Sovremennye zapiski. A first-edition book is dated 1932; the first book publisher remains unverified in the research record.
Original Russian title: Защита Лужина (Zashchita Luzhina). First serialized in Sovremennye zapiski in Paris in 1930; book publication followed in Berlin in 1930. Also published in English as The Defense.
English title: The Defense. English translation by Michael Scammell in collaboration with Vladimir Nabokov, published in 1964. The Russian original was serialized in Sovremennye zapiski from 1929 to 1930 and published in book form by Slovo in September 1930 under the name V. Sirin.
Original Russian title: Король, дама, валет (Korol', dama, valet). First published in October 1928 under the pen name V. Sirin.
English title: King, Queen, Knave. English translation by Dmitri Nabokov, extensively revised by Vladimir Nabokov, published in 1968. The Russian original was published under the name V. Sirin.
English title: Mary. English translation by Michael Glenny in collaboration with Vladimir Nabokov, published in 1970. Nabokov's first novel, originally published under the name V. Sirin. First printing dated March 21, 1926.
Original Russian title: Машенька (Mashen'ka). Published under the pen name V. Sirin. Nabokov's first novel.