Nabokov
Vla·di·mir Vla·di·mi·ro·vich [vlad-uh-meer vlad-uh-meer-uh-vich; Russian vluh-dyee-myirvluh-dyee-myi-ruh-vyich], /ˈvlæd əˌmɪər ˌvlæd əˈmɪər ə vɪtʃ; Russian vlʌˈdyi myɪr vlʌˈdyi myɪ rə vyɪtʃ/, 1899–1977, U.S. novelist, short-story writer, and poet, born in Russia.
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How to use Nabokov in a sentence
Hard to believe, but after all this time as Lolita, Monica Lewinski takes one (albeit not giant) leap toward Nabokov.
But the truth was I had written what I thought was a comic novel, composed under the spell of Despair, an early Nabokov.
Pope, Wharton, Nabokov, and Updike, to name only a handful, fail to register at all.
John Sutherland‘s Enjoyable Little History of Literature | Malcolm Forbes | November 29, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTFitzgerald, Nabokov, Huxley, and the rest of them failed in Hollywood for a variety of reasons.
‘The Counselor’ & How Cormac McCarthy Beat the Hollywood Curse | Andrew Romano | October 26, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTThe stage directions title him “The Butterfly Hunter” and then identify him: “His name is Vladimir Nabokov.”
‘The Counselor’ & How Cormac McCarthy Beat the Hollywood Curse | Andrew Romano | October 26, 2013 | THE DAILY BEAST
British Dictionary definitions for Nabokov
/ (nəˈbɒkɒf, ˈnæbəˌkɒf) /
Vladimir Vladimirovich (vlaˈdimir vlaˈdimirəvitʃ). 1899–1977, US novelist, born in Russia. His works include Lolita (1955), Pnin (1957), Pale Fire (1962), and Ada (1969)
Derived forms of Nabokov
- Nabokovian (ˌnæbəˈkəʊvɪən), adjective
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