Vladimir Nabokov bibliography

This is a list of works by writer Vladimir Nabokov.

Fiction

Novels and novellas

Samizdat copies of Nabokov's works on display at Nabokov House

Novels and novellas written in Russian

(1926) Mashen'ka (Машенька); English translation: Mary (1970)
(1928) Korol' Dama Valet (Король, дама, валет); English translation: King, Queen, Knave (1968)
(1930) Zashchita Luzhina (Защита Лужина); English translation: The Luzhin Defense or The Defense (1964) (also adapted to film, The Luzhin Defence, in 2000)
(1930) Sogliadatai (Соглядатай (The Voyeur)), novella; first publication as a book 1938; English translation: The Eye (1965)
(1932) Podvig (Подвиг (Deed)); English translation: Glory (1971)
(1933) Kamera Obskura (Камера Обскура); English translations: Camera Obscura (1936), Laughter in the Dark (1938)
(1934) Otchayanie (Отчаяние); English translation: Despair (1937, 1965)
(1936) Priglasheniye na kazn' (Приглашение на казнь (Invitation to an execution)); English translation: Invitation to a Beheading (1959)
(1938) Dar (Дар); English translation: The Gift (1963)
(Unpublished novella, written in 1939) Volshebnik (Волшебник); English translation: The Enchanter (1985)

Novels written in English

(1941) The Real Life of Sebastian Knight
(1947) Bend Sinister
(1955) Lolita, self-translated into Russian (1965)
(1957) Pnin
(1962) Pale Fire
(1969) Ada or Ardor: A Family Chronicle
(1972) Transparent Things
(1974) Look at the Harlequins!
(2009) The Original of Laura (fragmentary, written during the mid-1970s and published posthumously)^[1]

Short story collections

(1930) Vozvrashchenie Chorba ("The Return of Chorb"). Fifteen short stories and twenty-four poems, in Russian, by "V. Sirin".
(1938) Sogliadatai ("The Eye"). Thirteen short stories, in Russian, by "V. Sirin".
(1947) Nine Stories
(1956) Vesna v Fial'te i drugie rasskazy ("Spring in Fialta and other stories")
(1958) Nabokov's Dozen: A Collection of Thirteen Stories (Also reprinted as Spring in Fialta and First Love and Other Stories.)
(1966) Nabokov's Quartet
(1968) Nabokov's Congeries; reprinted as The Portable Nabokov (1971)
(1973) A Russian Beauty and Other Stories
(1975) Tyrants Destroyed and Other Stories
(1976) Details of a Sunset and Other Stories
(1995) The Stories of Vladimir Nabokov (alternative title The Collected Stories) -- complete collection of all short stories

Uncollected short stories

(1948) "Colette". The New Yorker, July 31, 1948^[2]
(2005) "The Word". The New Yorker, December 6, 2005^[3]
(2008) "Natasha". The New Yorker, June 9 & 16, 2008^[4]
(2015) "The Man Stopped". Harper's Magazine, March 2015^[5]

Drama

(1938) Izobretenie Val'sa (The Waltz Invention); English translation The Waltz Invention: A Play in Three Acts (1966)
The Tragedy of Mister Morn (2012): English translation of a Russian-language play written 1923–24, publicly read 1924, published in a journal 1997, independently published 2008
(1974) Lolita: A Screenplay (Despite the credits given in the earlier film version, this was not used.)
(1984) The Man from the USSR and Other Plays

Poetry

(1916) Stikhi ("Poems"). Sixty-eight poems in Russian.
(1918) Al'manakh: Dva Puti (An Almanac: Two Paths"). Twelve poems by Nabokov and eight by Andrei Balashov, in Russian.
(1922) Grozd ("The Cluster"). Thirty-six poems in Russian, by "V. Sirin".
(1923) Gornii Put' ("The Empyrean Path"). One hundred and twenty-eight poems in Russian, by "Vl. Sirin".
(1929) Vozvrashchenie Chorba ("The Return of Chorb"). Fifteen short stories and twenty-four poems, in Russian, by "V. Sirin".
(1952) Stikhotvoreniia 1929–1951 ("Poems 1929–1951") Fifteen poems in Russian.
(1959) Poems. The contents were later incorporated within Poems and Problems.
(1969) Poems and Problems (a collection of poetry and chess problems). The contents were later incorporated within Selected Poems.
(1979) Stikhi ("Poems"). Two hundred and twenty-two poems in Russian.
(2012) Selected Poems

Translations

From French into Russian

(1922) Nikolka Persik Translation of Romain Rolland's novel Colas Breugnon.

From English into Russian

(1923) Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (as Аня в стране чудес)

From Russian into English

(1945) Three Russian Poets: Selections from Pushkin, Lermontov, and Tyutchev. Expanded British edition: Pushkin, Lermontov, Tyutchev: Poems (1947)
(1958) A Hero of Our Time, by Mikhail Lermontov. (Collaboration with his son Dmitri.)
(1960) The Song of Igor's Campaign: An Epic of the Twelfth Century
(1964) Eugene Onegin, by Aleksandr Pushkin, in prose. Includes "Notes on Prosody". Revised edition (1975).
(2008) Verses and Versions (edited by Brian Boyd and Stanislav Shvabrin), includes materials previously published in Three Russian Poets (1945) and Pushkin, Lermontov, Tyutchev (1947) as well as unpublished materials.

Nonfiction

Criticism

(1944) Nikolai Gogol
(1963) Notes on Prosody (Later appeared within Eugene Onegin.)
(1980) Lectures on Literature
(1980) Lectures on Ulysses. Facsimiles of Nabokov's notes.
(1981) Lectures on Russian Literature
(1983) Lectures on Don Quixote

Autobiographical and other

(1949) "Curtain-Raiser". The New Yorker 24/45 (1 January 1949): 18-21.
(1951) Conclusive Evidence: A Memoir - first version of Nabokov's autobiography. (British edition titled Speak, Memory: A Memoir)
(1954) Drugie Berega (Другие берега, "Other Shores") - revised version of the autobiography
(1967) Speak, Memory: An Autobiography Revisited - final revised and extended edition of Conclusive Evidence. It includes information on his work as a lepidopterist.
(1973) Strong Opinions. Interviews, reviews, letters to editors.
(1979) The Nabokov–Wilson Letters Letters between Nabokov and Edmund Wilson
(1984) Perepiska s Sestroi (Переписка с Сестрой (Correspondence with the Sister)) Correspondence between Nabokov and Helene Sikorski; also includes some letters to his brother Kirill
(1987) Carrousel. Three long-forgotten short texts that had recently been rediscovered.
(1989) Selected Letters
(2001) Dear Bunny, Dear Volodya: The Nabokov–Wilson Letters, 1940–1971. A revised and augmented edition of The Nabokov–Wilson Letters.
(2014) Letters to Véra. Nabokov's letters to Véra Slonim, beginning in 1921 and extending through their marriage.
(2017) Conversations with Vladimir Nabokov. Collection of interviews.

Lepidopteral

(2000) Nabokov's Butterflies, collected works on butterflies. ISBN 0-8070-8540-5

Collected works

Boyd, Brian, ed. Vladimir Nabokov, Novels and Memoirs 1941–1951 (Library of America, 1996) ISBN 978-1-883011-18-5
Boyd, Brian, ed. Vladimir Nabokov, Novels 1955–1962 (Library of America, 1996) ISBN 978-1-883011-19-2
Boyd, Brian, ed. Vladimir Nabokov, Novels 1969–1974 (Library of America, 1996) ISBN 978-1-883011-20-8

References

↑ Published by Random House
↑ Here at the New Yorker (subscription only).
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↑ http://harpers.org/archive/2015/03/the-man-stopped/

External links

Nabokov Bibliography: All About Vladimir Nabokov in Print

Vladimir Nabokov (works)

Novels

Russian	Mary King, Queen, Knave The Defense The Eye Glory Laughter in the Dark Despair Invitation to a Beheading The Gift The Enchanter
English	The Real Life of Sebastian Knight Bend Sinister Lolita Pnin Pale Fire Ada or Ardor: A Family Chronicle Transparent Things Look at the Harlequins! The Original of Laura

Short stories

Russian	"Bachmann" "The Return of Chorb" "A Guide to Berlin" "A Nursery Tale" "Razor" "The Potato Elf" "The Aurelian" "Terra Incognita" "Lips to Lips" "The Leonardo" "Spring in Fialta"
French	"Mademoiselle O"
English	"Signs and Symbols" "The Vane Sisters"
Collections	Nine Stories Speak, Memory Nabokov's Dozen Nabokov's Quartet Nabokov's Congeries A Russian Beauty and Other Stories Tyrants Destroyed and Other Stories Details of a Sunset and Other Stories The Stories of Vladimir Nabokov

Plays

Non-fiction

Speak, Memory
Notes on Prosody

Miscellanea

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