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The Enchanter is a novella written by Vladimir Nabokov in Paris in 1939. As Волшебник (Volshebnik) it was his last work of fiction written in Russian. Nabokov never published it during his lifetime. After his death, his son Dmitri translated the novella into English in 1986 and it was published the following year.
- Волшебник (Volshebnik)
- G. P. Putnam's Sons
- 1986
- Vladimir Nabokov
Vladimir Nabokov. 3.61. 4,262 ratings397 reviews. Nabokov described this novella, written in Paris in 1939 but only published twenty years later, as 'the first little throb of Lolita'. The plot is similar: a middle-aged man wedding an unattractive widow in order to indulge his paedophilic obsession with her daughter.
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- Paperback
- Vladimir Nabokov
20 de jul. de 1991 · The Enchanter. The precursor to Nabokov's classic novel, Lolita. • A middle-aged man weds an unattractive widow in order to indulge his obsession with her daughter. • "A gem to be appreciated...
- Vladimir Nabokov
- Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group, 1991
- reprint
- The EnchanterVintage International
15 de oct. de 1986 · The Enchanter is the Ur-Lolita, the precursor to Nabokov's classic novel. At once hilarious and chilling, it tells the story of an outwardly respectable man and his fatal obsession with certain pubescent girls, whose coltish grace and subconscious coquetry reveal, to his mind, a special bud on the verge of bloom. Read more.
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- Vladimir Nabokov, Dimitri Nabokov
About The Enchanter. The precursor to Nabokov’s classic novel, Lolita. • A middle-aged man weds an unattractive widow in order to indulge his obsession with her daughter. • “A gem to be appreciated by any admirer of the most graceful and provocative literary craftsman.” —Chicago Tribune
- Vladimir Nabokov
- Paperback
17 de abr. de 2021 · The enchanter. by. Nabokov, Vladimir Vladimirovich, 1899-1977. Publication date. 1991. Publisher. New York : Vintage Books. Collection.
20 de jul. de 1991 · The Enchanter is the Ur-Lolita, the precursor to Nabokov's classic novel. At once hilarious and chilling, it tells the story of an outwardly respectable man and his fatal obsession with certain pubescent girls, whose coltish grace and subconscious coquetry reveal, to his mind, a special bud on the verge of bloom.
- Vladimir Nabokov
