Vladimir Nabokov
James Mason (1909-1984) was one of the most successful actors ever to grace the silver screen. In addition to Lolita, his films include Julius Caesar, A Star is Born, 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea, The Sea Gull, Heaven Can Wait, and The Verdict. [... more]
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NABOKOV: A BRIEF BIO OF HIS LIFE
Renown lepidopterist Vladimir Nabokov left the world an invaluable environmental legacy because of his passion and love for Blues butterflies. Striking Nabokov illustrations, photos of several South American Blues and their habitats, and a famous ... [... more]
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Vladimir Nabokov
Vladimir Vladimirovich Nabokov was born on April 23, 1899, in St. Petersburg, Russia. The Nabokovs were known for their high culture and commitment to public service, and the elder Nabokov was an outspoken opponent of antisemitism and one of the ... [... more]
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Stacy Schiff
STACY SCHIFF is the author of Vera (Mrs. Vladimir Nabokov), which won the 2000 Pulitzer Prize for biography and Saint-Exupéry: A Biography, which was a finalist for the 1995 Pulitzer Prize. She has received fellowships from the Guggenheim ... [... more]
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Signet Classics Dr Jekyll And Mr Hyde
 Do You Know the True Story of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde??: =====> I have seen many movie versions of this classic. So, I made the assumption that I knew the true story. Then I read this book. Was my assumption ever wrong!!! This particular book of less [... more]
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Lolita
Amazon.com essential video: When director Stanley Kubrick released his film adaptation of Vladimir Nabokov's controversial novel about a hopelessly pathetic middle-aged professor's sexual obsession with his 12-year-old stepdaughter, the ads read, " [... more]
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Oeuvres romanesques complètes t01
Author: Vladimir Nabokov Binding: Library Binding Dewey Decimal Number: 818'.54 EAN: 9782070113002 ISBN: 2070113000 Number Of Pages: 1729 Publication Date: 1999-12-17 [... more]
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The Fly Swatter: How My Grandfather Made His Way in the ...
Very good story teller with a good story: Alexander Gerschenkron is the type of man many of us would like to be: smart, charming, interested in the world, charismatic, etc. His grandson, Nicholas Dawidoff, seemingly captured his life in a surprisingly [... more]
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Vladimir Nabokov: The Russian Years
The Biography Nabokov Deserves!: In my review of Vladimir Nabokov: The Russian Years, I say that "I am grateful to Boyd for his serious scholarship, his lively prose, and his close analysis of Nabokov's oeuvre." That comment applies [... more]
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The Stories of Vladimir Nabokov
From Amazon.com: These stories, written between the early 1920s to the mid-1950s, reveal the fascinating progress of Nabokov's early development as they remind us that we are in the presence of a magnificent original, a genuine master. Edited by his son [... more]
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Vladimir Nabokov: Selected Letters 1940-1977
From Amazon.com: If Vladimir Nabokov's fiction merits any criticism, it is for its iciness. The master himself declared in a 1977 BBC interview, "My characters cringe as I come near them with my whip. I have seen a whole avenue of imagined trees [... more]
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Style Is Matter: The Moral Art of Vladimir Nabokov
Author: Leland De La Durantaye Binding: Hardcover Dewey Decimal Number: 813.54 EAN: 9780801445637 ISBN: 0801445639 Number Of Pages: 211 Publication Date: 2007-07 [... more]
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