A Russian Beauty & Other Stories

Nabokov, Valdimir

A Russian Beauty & Other Stories - London : Penguin Books, 1973 - 237p.

"The Russian originals ... were composed in western Europe between 1924 and 1940 ... Most ... were translated by Dmitri Nabokov in collaboration with the author ... Professor Simon Karlinsky is the translator of the first story"--Foreword.
Copyright number A 436766.

A Russian beauty --
The Leonardo --
Torpid smoke --
Breaking the news --
Lips to lips --
The visit to the museum --
An affair of honor --
Terra incognita --
A dashing fellow --
Ultima Thule --
Solus Rex --
The potato elf --
The circle.

Translations of thirteen stories reflect the author's personal and social interests between 1924 and 1940.

9780140106848 0140106847


Soviet Union -- Social life and customs -- Fiction. Manners and customs. Soviet Union.
Soviet Union -- Social life and customs -- Fiction.
Manners and customs.
Soviet Union.

891.73 / NAB

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