The Stories of Vladimir Nabokov

The Stories of Vladimir Nabokov (in some British editions, The Collected Stories) 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 Stories of Vladimir Nabokov
First edition
AuthorVladimir Nabokov
TranslatorDmitri Nabokov et al.
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
PublisherAlfred A. Knopf
Publication date
24 October 1995
Media typePrint
Pages659
ISBN9780394586151
OCLC32780442
813.54—dc20 95-23466
LC ClassPS3527.A15A6 1995

The collection includes 65 stories (including one that was long considered lost, but discovered shortly before the latest edition of the volume).

List of stories

The subject of Sebastiano del Piombo's Dorotea (1513) is the "Venetian" of Nabokov's "La Veneziana".

The Kaiser-Friedrich Museum of Berlin houses the painting.
English titleOriginal languageOriginal publicationOriginal English collection
"The Wood-Sprite"RussianRul' (1921)-
"Russian Spoken Here"Russian- (composed 1923)-
"Sounds"RussianThe New Yorker (1995; composed 1923)-
"Wingstroke"RussianRusskoye Ekho (1924)-
"Gods"Russian(composed 1923)-
"A Matter of Chance"RussianSegodnya (1924)Tyrants Destroyed and Other Stories (1974)
"The Seaport"RussianRul' (1924)-
"Revenge"RussianRusskoye Ekho (1924)-
"Beneficence"RussianRul' (1924)-
"Details of a Sunset"RussianSegodnya (1924)Details of a Sunset and Other Stories (1976)
"The Thunderstorm"RussianRul' (1924)Details of a Sunset and Other Stories (1976)
"La Veneziana"Russian(composed 1924)-
"Bachmann"RussianRul' (1924)Tyrants Destroyed and Other Stories (1974)
"The Dragon"Russian(composed 1924)-
"Christmas"RussianRul' (1925)Details of a Sunset and Other Stories (1976)
"A Letter That Never Reached Russia"RussianRul' (1925)Details of a Sunset and Other Stories (1976)
"The Fight"RussianRul' (1925)-
"The Return of Chorb"RussianRul' (1925)Details of a Sunset and Other Stories (1976)
"A Guide to Berlin"RussianRul' (1925)Details of a Sunset and Other Stories (1976)
"A Nursery Tale"RussianRul' (1926)Tyrants Destroyed and Other Stories (1974)
"Terror"RussianSovremennya Zapiski (1927)Tyrants Destroyed and Other Stories (1974)
"Razor"RussianRul' (1926)-
"The Passenger"RussianRul' (1927)Details of a Sunset and Other Stories (1976)
"The Doorbell"RussianRul' (1927)Details of a Sunset and Other Stories (1976)
"An Affair of Honor"RussianRul' (1927)A Russian Beauty and Other Stories (1973)
"The Christmas Story"RussianRul' (1928)-
"The Potato Elf"RussianRul' (1929)A Russian Beauty and Other Stories (1973)
"The Aurelian"RussianSovremennya Zapiski (1931)Nabokov's Dozen (1958)
"A Dashing Fellow"RussianSegodnya (early 1930s)A Russian Beauty and Other Stories (1973)
"A Bad Day"RussianPoslednie Novosti (1931)Details of a Sunset and Other Stories (1976)
"The Visit to the Museum"RussianSovremennya Zapiski (1939)A Russian Beauty and Other Stories (1973)
"A Busy Man"RussianPoslednie Novosti (1931)Details of a Sunset and Other Stories (1976)
"Terra Incognita"RussianPoslednie Novosti (1931)A Russian Beauty and Other Stories (1973)
"The Reunion"RussianPoslednie Novosti (1932)Details of a Sunset and Other Stories (1976)
"Lips to Lips"RussianVesna v Fialte (1956)A Russian Beauty and Other Stories (1973)
"Orache"RussianPoslednie Novosti (1932)Details of a Sunset and Other Stories (1976)
"Music"RussianPoslednie Novosti (1932)Tyrants Destroyed and Other Stories (1974)
"Perfection"RussianPoslednie Novosti (1932)Tyrants Destroyed and Other Stories (1974)
"The Admiralty Spire"RussianPoslednie Novosti (1933)Tyrants Destroyed and Other Stories (1974)
"The Leonardo"RussianPoslednie Novosti (1933)A Russian Beauty and Other Stories (1973)
"In Memory of L. I. Shigaev"RussianPoslednie Novosti (1934)Tyrants Destroyed and Other Stories (1974)
"The Circle"RussianPoslednie Novosti (presumed; 1936)A Russian Beauty and Other Stories (1973)
"A Russian Beauty"RussianPoslednie Novosti (1934)A Russian Beauty and Other Stories (1973)
"Breaking the News"Russianunknown, circa 1935A Russian Beauty and Other Stories (1973)
"Torpid Smoke"RussianPoslednie Novosti (1935)A Russian Beauty and Other Stories (1973)
"Recruiting"RussianPoslednie Novosti (1935)Tyrants Destroyed and Other Stories (1974)
"A Slice of Life"RussianPoslednie Novosti (1935)Details of a Sunset and Other Stories (1976)
"Spring in Fialta"RussianSovremennya Zapiski (1937)Nabokov's Dozen (1958)
"Cloud, Castle, Lake"RussianSovremennya Zapiski (1938)Nabokov's Dozen (1958)
"Tyrants Destroyed"RussianRusskiya Zapiski (1938)Tyrants Destroyed and Other Stories (1974)
"Lik"RussianRusskiya Zapiski (1939)Tyrants Destroyed and Other Stories (1974)
"Vasiliy Shishkov"RussianRusskiya Zapiski (1939)Tyrants Destroyed and Other Stories (1974)
"Ultima Thule"RussianNovyy Zhurnal (1942)A Russian Beauty and Other Stories (1973)
"Solus Rex"RussianSovremennya Zapiski (1940)A Russian Beauty and Other Stories (1973)
"Mademoiselle O"FrenchMesures (1936)Nabokov's Dozen (1958)
"The Assistant Producer"EnglishAtlantic MonthlyNabokov's Dozen (1958)
"That in Aleppo Once…"EnglishAtlantic MonthlyNabokov's Dozen (1958)
"A Forgotten Poet"EnglishAtlantic MonthlyNabokov's Dozen (1958)
"Time and Ebb"EnglishAtlantic MonthlyNabokov's Dozen (1958)
"Conversation Piece, 1945"EnglishThe New Yorker (1945)Nabokov's Dozen (1958)
"Signs and Symbols"EnglishThe New Yorker (1948)Nabokov's Dozen (1958)
"First Love"EnglishThe New Yorker (1948)Nabokov's Dozen (1958)
"Scenes from the Life of a Double Monster"EnglishThe ReporterNabokov's Dozen (1958)
"The Vane Sisters"EnglishHudson Review (1959)Tyrants Destroyed and Other Stories (1974)
"Lance"EnglishThe New Yorker (1952)Nabokov's Dozen (1958)
"Easter Rain"RussianRusskoe Ekho (1925)-

Editions

  • Alfred Knopf, New York, 1995 (hardback) ISBN 0-394-58615-8
  • Vintage, New York, 1996 (paperback) ISBN 0-679-72997-6
  • Weidenfeld & Nicolson, London, 1996 (hardback) ISBN 0-297-81722-1
  • Penguin, London, 1997 (paperback) ISBN 0-14-118051-X
  • Penguin, London, 1999 (paperback) ISBN 0-14-018975-0
  • Penguin, London, 2001 (paperback) ISBN 0-14-118345-4
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