- Nine Stories (Nabokov)
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Nine Stories is an English-language collection of stories written in Russian, French, and English by Vladimir Nabokov. It was published in 1947 by New Directions in New York City, as the second issue of a serial, Direction.
The nine stories are:
- "The Aurelian" (a translation by Nabokov and Peter Pertzov of "Pil'gram")
- "Cloud, Castle, Lake" (a translation by Nabokov and Peter Pertzov of "Oblako, ozero, bashnia")
- "Spring in Fialta" (a translation by Nabokov and Peter Pertzov of "Vesna v Fialta")
- "Mademoiselle O" (a translation by VN with Hilda Ward from the French)
- "A Forgotten Poet"
- "The Assistant Producer"
- "That in Aleppo Once..."
- "Time and Ebb"
- "Double Talk" (which would later be retitled "Conversation Piece")
No further edition of the book was ever published; all nine stories subsequently reappeared in Nabokov's Dozen, and much later within The Stories of Vladimir Nabokov.
Works by Vladimir Nabokov Novels RussianMary · King, Queen, Knave · The Defense · The Eye · Glory · Laughter in the Dark · Despair · Invitation to a Beheading · The Gift · The Enchanter
EnglishThe 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 (unfinished fragment)
Short
storiesRussian"The Wood-Sprite" · "Russian Spoken Here" · "Sounds" · "Wingstroke" · "Gods" · "A Matter of Chance" · "The Seaport" · "Revenge" · "Beneficence" · "Details of a Sunset" · "The Thunderstorm" · "La Veneziana" · "Bachmann" · "The Dragon" · "Christmas" · "A Letter That Never Reached Russia" · "The Fight" · "The Return of Chorb" · "A Guide to Berlin" · "A Nursery Tale" · "Terror" · "Razor" · "The Passenger" · "The Doorbell" · "An Affair of Honor" · "The Christmas Story" · "The Potato Elf" · "The Aurelian" · "A Dashing Fellow" · "A Bad Day" · "The Visit to the Museum" · "A Busy Man" · "Terra Incognita" · "The Reunion" · "Lips to Lips" · "Orache" · "Music" · "Perfection" · "The Admiralty Spire" · "The Leonardo" · "In Memory of L. I. Shigaev" · "The Circle" · "A Russian Beauty" · "Breaking the News" · "Torpid Smoke" · "Recruiting" · "A Slice of Life" · "Spring in Fialta" · "Cloud, Castle, Lake" · "Tyrants Destroyed" · "Lik" · "Vasiliy Shishkov" · "Ultima Thule" · "Solus Rex" · "The Word" · "Natasha"
FrenchEnglish"The Assistant Producer" · "That in Aleppo Once..." · "A Forgotten Poet" · "Time and Ebb" · "Conversation Piece, 1945" · "Signs and Symbols" · "First Love" · "Scenes from the Life of a Double Monster" · "The Vane Sisters" · "Lance" · "Easter Rain"
Plays RussianDeath · The Grandfather · The North Pole · The Tragedy of Mr. Morn · The Man from the USSR · The Event · The Waltz Invention
Non-fiction Memoirs & LettersSpeak, Memory · The Nabokov-Wilson letters · Selected Letters, 1940-1977
CriticismStrong Opinions · Nikolai Gogol · Lectures on Literature · Lectures on Russian Literature · Lectures on Don Quixote · Notes on Prosody
Miscellanea Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (Russian translation) ·
Poems and Problems · Lolita: A Screenplay · The Annotated Lolita · Carrousel · A Hero of Our Time (English translation) · Eugene Onegin (English translation) · Father's Butterflies
Categories:- 1947 short story collections
- Short story collections by Vladimir Nabokov
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