The Stories of Vladimir Nabokov


The Stories of Vladimir Nabokov is a posthumous collection of every known short story that Vladimir Nabokov ever wrote, with the exception of "The Enchanter". The thirteen 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.
The collection includes 65 stories.

List of stories

English titleOriginal languageOriginal publicationOriginal English collection
"The Wood-Sprite"RussianRul -
"Russian Spoken Here"Russian- -
"Sounds"RussianThe New Yorker -
"Wingstroke"RussianRusskoye Ekho -
"Gods"Russian-
"A Matter of Chance"RussianSegodnya Tyrants Destroyed and Other Stories
"The Seaport"RussianRul -
"Revenge"RussianRusskoye Ekho -
"Beneficence"RussianRul -
"Details of a Sunset"RussianSegodnya Details of a Sunset and Other Stories
"The Thunderstorm"RussianRul Details of a Sunset and Other Stories
"La Veneziana"Russian-
"Bachmann"RussianRul Tyrants Destroyed and Other Stories
"The Dragon"Russian-
"Christmas"RussianRul Details of a Sunset and Other Stories
"A Letter That Never Reached Russia"RussianRul Details of a Sunset and Other Stories
"The Fight"RussianRul -
"The Return of Chorb"RussianRul Details of a Sunset and Other Stories
"A Guide to Berlin"RussianRul Details of a Sunset and Other Stories
"A Nursery Tale"RussianRul Tyrants Destroyed and Other Stories
"Terror"RussianSovremennya Zapiski Tyrants Destroyed and Other Stories
"Razor"RussianRul -
"The Passenger"RussianRul Details of a Sunset and Other Stories
"The Doorbell"RussianRul Details of a Sunset and Other Stories
"An Affair of Honor"RussianRul A Russian Beauty and Other Stories
"The Christmas Story"RussianRul -
"The Potato Elf"RussianRul' A Russian Beauty and Other Stories
"The Aurelian"RussianSovremennya Zapiski Nabokov's Dozen
"A Dashing Fellow"RussianSegodnya A Russian Beauty and Other Stories
"A Bad Day"RussianPoslednie Novosti Details of a Sunset and Other Stories
"The Visit to the Museum"RussianSovremennya Zapiski A Russian Beauty and Other Stories
"A Busy Man"RussianPoslednie Novosti Details of a Sunset and Other Stories
"Terra Incognita"RussianPoslednie Novosti A Russian Beauty and Other Stories
"The Reunion"RussianPoslednie Novosti Details of a Sunset and Other Stories
"Lips to Lips"RussianVesna v Fialte A Russian Beauty and Other Stories
"Orache"RussianPoslednie Novosti Details of a Sunset and Other Stories
"Music"RussianPoslednie Novosti Tyrants Destroyed and Other Stories
"Perfection"RussianPoslednie Novosti Tyrants Destroyed and Other Stories
"The Admiralty Spire"RussianPoslednie Novosti Tyrants Destroyed and Other Stories
"The Leonardo"RussianPoslednie Novosti A Russian Beauty and Other Stories
"In Memory of L. I. Shigaev"RussianPoslednie Novosti Tyrants Destroyed and Other Stories
"The Circle"RussianPoslednie Novosti A Russian Beauty and Other Stories
"A Russian Beauty"RussianPoslednie Novosti A Russian Beauty and Other Stories
"Breaking the News"Russianunknown, circa 1935A Russian Beauty and Other Stories
"Torpid Smoke"RussianPoslednie Novosti A Russian Beauty and Other Stories
"Recruiting"RussianPoslednie Novosti Tyrants Destroyed and Other Stories
"A Slice of Life"RussianPoslednie Novosti Details of a Sunset and Other Stories
"Spring in Fialta"RussianSovremennya Zapiski Nabokov's Dozen
"Cloud, Castle, Lake"RussianSovremennya Zapiski Nabokov's Dozen
"Tyrants Destroyed"RussianRusskiya Zapiski Tyrants Destroyed and Other Stories
"Lik"RussianRusskiya Zapiski Tyrants Destroyed and Other Stories
"Vasiliy Shishkov"RussianRusskiya Zapiski Tyrants Destroyed and Other Stories
"Ultima Thule"RussianNovyy Zhurnal A Russian Beauty and Other Stories
"Solus Rex"RussianSovremennya Zapiski A Russian Beauty and Other Stories
"Mademoiselle O"FrenchMesures Nabokov's Dozen
"The Assistant Producer"EnglishAtlantic MonthlyNabokov's Dozen
"That in Aleppo Once…"EnglishAtlantic MonthlyNabokov's Dozen
"A Forgotten Poet"EnglishAtlantic MonthlyNabokov's Dozen
"Time and Ebb"EnglishAtlantic MonthlyNabokov's Dozen
"Conversation Piece, 1945"EnglishThe New Yorker Nabokov's Dozen
"Signs and Symbols"EnglishThe New Yorker Nabokov's Dozen
"First Love"EnglishThe New Yorker Nabokov's Dozen
"Scenes from the Life of a Double Monster"EnglishThe ReporterNabokov's Dozen
"The Vane Sisters"EnglishHudson Review Tyrants Destroyed and Other Stories
"Lance"EnglishThe New Yorker Nabokov's Dozen
"Easter Rain"RussianRusskoe Ekho -

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