The Stories of Vladimir Nabokov
Author | Vladimir Nabokov |
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Translator | Dmitri Nabokov et al. |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Publisher | Alfred A. Knopf |
Publication date | 24 October 1995 |
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". In the current printing of this work, sixteen 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.
As initially published, the collection included 65 stories. Nabokov's first collection of short stories, Nabokov's Dozen, contained thirteen total stories, which made for the structure of all of his subsequent collections, four in his lifetime. In the introduction to the collection, Dmitri Nabokov explains that the newly translated stories were to be his father's final collection.[1] The stories are presented in as close to chronological order as they were able to piece together.[1]
Three additional stories were discovered and translated after the first printing of this collection. They were incorporated in later printings of the U.S. paperback edition and in later printings of the hardback and paperback British editions of this work.[2] It's also worth noting that the eighth part of the story "The Potato Elf" was accidentally omitted from the first five printings of the hardcover edition of this book.
The stories (except for the additional three) are presented in as close to chronological order as they were able to piece together.
List of stories[]
English title | Original language | Original publication | Original English collection |
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"The Wood-Sprite" | Russian | Rul' (1921) | - |
"" | Russian | - (composed 1923) | - |
"Sounds" | Russian | The New Yorker (1995; composed 1923) | - |
"" | Russian | Russkoye Ekho (1924) | - |
"" | Russian | (composed 1923) | - |
"A Matter of Chance" | Russian | Segodnya (1924) | Tyrants Destroyed and Other Stories (1974) |
"" | Russian | Rul' (1924) | - |
"" | Russian | Russkoye Ekho (1924) | - |
"" | Russian | Rul' (1924) | - |
"Details of a Sunset" | Russian | Segodnya (1924) | Details of a Sunset and Other Stories (1976) |
"The Thunderstorm" | Russian | Rul' (1924) | Details of a Sunset and Other Stories (1976) |
"" | Russian | (composed 1924) | - |
"Bachmann" | Russian | Rul' (1924) | Tyrants Destroyed and Other Stories (1974) |
"The Dragon" | Russian | (composed 1924) | - |
"" | Russian | Rul' (1925) | Details of a Sunset and Other Stories (1976) |
"" | Russian | Rul' (1925) | Details of a Sunset and Other Stories (1976) |
"" | Russian | Rul' (1925) | - |
"The Return of Chorb" | Russian | Rul' (1925) | Details of a Sunset and Other Stories (1976) |
"A Guide to Berlin" | Russian | Rul' (1925) | Details of a Sunset and Other Stories (1976) |
"A Nursery Tale" | Russian | Rul' (1926) | Tyrants Destroyed and Other Stories (1974) |
"" | Russian | Sovremennya Zapiski (1927) | Tyrants Destroyed and Other Stories (1974) |
"Razor" | Russian | Rul' (1926) | - |
"The Passenger" | Russian | Rul' (1927) | Details of a Sunset and Other Stories (1976) |
"" | Russian | Rul' (1927) | Details of a Sunset and Other Stories (1976) |
"" | Russian | Rul' (1927) | A Russian Beauty and Other Stories (1973) |
"" | Russian | Rul' (1928) | - |
"The Potato Elf" | Russian | Rul' (1929) | A Russian Beauty and Other Stories (1973) |
"The Aurelian" | Russian | Sovremennya Zapiski (1931) | Nabokov's Dozen (1958) |
"" | Russian | Segodnya (early 1930s) | A Russian Beauty and Other Stories (1973) |
"" | Russian | Poslednie Novosti (1931) | Details of a Sunset and Other Stories (1976) |
"" | Russian | Sovremennya Zapiski (1939) | A Russian Beauty and Other Stories (1973) |
"" | Russian | Poslednie Novosti (1931) | Details of a Sunset and Other Stories (1976) |
"Terra Incognita" | Russian | Poslednie Novosti (1931) | A Russian Beauty and Other Stories (1973) |
"" | Russian | Poslednie Novosti (1932) | Details of a Sunset and Other Stories (1976) |
"Lips to Lips" | Russian | Vesna v Fialte (1956) | A Russian Beauty and Other Stories (1973) |
"Orache" | Russian | Poslednie Novosti (1932) | Details of a Sunset and Other Stories (1976) |
"Music" | Russian | Poslednie Novosti (1932) | Tyrants Destroyed and Other Stories (1974) |
"" | Russian | Poslednie Novosti (1932) | Tyrants Destroyed and Other Stories (1974) |
"" | Russian | Poslednie Novosti (1933) | Tyrants Destroyed and Other Stories (1974) |
"The Leonardo" | Russian | Poslednie Novosti (1933) | A Russian Beauty and Other Stories (1973) |
"" | Russian | Poslednie Novosti (1934) | Tyrants Destroyed and Other Stories (1974) |
"" | Russian | Poslednie Novosti (presumed; 1936) | A Russian Beauty and Other Stories (1973) |
"" | Russian | Poslednie Novosti (1934) | A Russian Beauty and Other Stories (1973) |
"" | Russian | unknown, circa 1935 | A Russian Beauty and Other Stories (1973) |
"" | Russian | Poslednie Novosti (1935) | A Russian Beauty and Other Stories (1973) |
"" | Russian | Poslednie Novosti (1935) | Tyrants Destroyed and Other Stories (1974) |
"" | Russian | Poslednie Novosti (1935) | Details of a Sunset and Other Stories (1976) |
"Spring in Fialta" | Russian | Sovremennya Zapiski (1937) | Nabokov's Dozen (1958) |
"Cloud, Castle, Lake" | Russian | Sovremennya Zapiski (1938) | Nabokov's Dozen (1958) |
"Tyrants Destroyed" | Russian | Russkiya Zapiski (1938) | Tyrants Destroyed and Other Stories (1974) |
"" | Russian | Russkiya Zapiski (1939) | Tyrants Destroyed and Other Stories (1974) |
"" | Russian | Russkiya Zapiski (1939) | Tyrants Destroyed and Other Stories (1974) |
"" | Russian | Novyy Zhurnal (1942) | A Russian Beauty and Other Stories (1973) |
"" | Russian | Sovremennya Zapiski (1940) | A Russian Beauty and Other Stories (1973) |
"Mademoiselle O" | French | Mesures (1936) | Nabokov's Dozen (1958) |
"" | English | Atlantic Monthly | Nabokov's Dozen (1958) |
"That in Aleppo Once…" | English | Atlantic Monthly | Nabokov's Dozen (1958) |
"" | English | Atlantic Monthly | Nabokov's Dozen (1958) |
"" | English | Atlantic Monthly | Nabokov's Dozen (1958) |
"" | English | The New Yorker (1945) | Nabokov's Dozen (1958) |
"Signs and Symbols" | English | The New Yorker (1948) | Nabokov's Dozen (1958) |
"" | English | The New Yorker (1948) | Nabokov's Dozen (1958) |
"" | English | The Reporter | Nabokov's Dozen (1958) |
"The Vane Sisters" | English | Hudson Review (1959) | Tyrants Destroyed and Other Stories (1974) |
"" | English | The New Yorker (1952) | Nabokov's Dozen (1958) |
"" | Russian | Russkoe Ekho (1925) | 11th U.S. paperback printing (2002) |
"The Word" | Russian | Rul' (1923) | 15th U.S. paperback printing (2006) |
"Natasha" | Russian | The New Yorker (2008; composed 1924) | 17th U.S. paperback printing (2008) |
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
References[]
- ^ a b Nabokov, Vladimir (1995). The Stories of Vladimir Nabokov. United States: Alfred A. Knopf. ISBN 9780394586151.
- ^ Vladimir Nabokov: A Descriptive Bibliography, Revised
- 1995 short story collections
- Short story collections by Vladimir Nabokov
- Books published posthumously
- Alfred A. Knopf books