Vladimir Vladimirovich Nabokov (Russian: ´ ´ ´, pronounced ; 22 April 1899c – 2 July 1977) was a multilingual Russian novelist and short story writer. Nabokov wrote his first nine novels in Russian, then rose to international prominence as a master English prose stylist. He also made contributions to entomology and had an interest in chess problems.. multilingual Russian novelist poet and short story writer
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There is only one school of literature - that of talent. Go to Quote / Comment
Rereading this novel today, replaying the moves of its plot, I feel rather like Anderssen fondly recalling his sacrifice of both Rooks to the unfortunate and noble Kieseritsky Go to Quote / Comment
Attainment and science, retainment and art—the two couples keep to themselves, but when they do meet, nothing else in the world matters. Go to Quote / Comment
In this lucid and flexible pattern only one thing remained always stationary, but this fallacy went unnoticed by Martha. The blind spot was th... Go to Quote / Comment
Style and Structure are the essence of a book; great ideas are hogwash. Go to Quote / Comment