Nabokov's Congeries

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Nabokov's Congeries was a collection of work by Vladimir Nabokov published in 1968 and reprinted in 1971 as The Portable Nabokov. Because Nabokov supervised its production less than a decade before he died, it is useful in attempting to identify which works Nabokov considered to be his best, especially among his short stories.

[edit] Contents

  • Introduction by Page Stegner
  • From "Speak, Memory: An Autobiography Revisited"

[edit] Short stories

  • "Cloud, Castle, Lake" (Облако, озеро, башня)
  • "The Visit to the Museum" (Посещение музея)
  • "Spring in Fialta" (Весна в Фиальте)
  • "That in Aleppo Once..."
  • "The Assistant Producer"
  • "Signs and Symbols"
  • "First Love"
  • "Scenes from the Life of a Double Monster"
  • "Lance"
  • "The Vane Sisters"

[edit] Excerpts from Novels and Translations