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Stacy Schiff and Anna Fields - Vera (Mrs. Vladimir Nabokov): A Biography

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This story of the remarkably long and happy marriage of Vladimir and V?ra Nabokov emphasizes V?ra's extraordinary devotion, which manifested itself in ways that were pivotal to Nabokov's work as both a writer and a teacher. The book brings both Nabokovs to life, and provides fascinating revelations about Vladimir's adulteries, V?ra's influence on LOLITA, and--most remarkably--her unwavering contentment with her role in his life as chauffeur, teaching assistant, secretary, muse, and steadfast defender.
 

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An Excellent Book

Date of Review:  Mar 15, 2002
The Bottom Line: An excellent book that is well written, fascinating, and wonderfully interesting book about the wife of one of the most famous authors of our time.
Review: Vera (Mrs. Vladimir Nabokov) by Stacy Schiff is a one of the best books that I have ever read. It was written in 1999 and received a Pullitzer prize and, as far as I can tell, this books deserves it.

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Authors Anna Fields
Fiction Genre Biography & Autobiography
Fiction Subgenre Unknown
Awards 2000 Pulitzer Prize

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  Kirkus: "Schiff's entertaining biography powerfully argues that in effacing herself for her husband's aggrandizement, V?ra Nabokov entered history arm in arm with one of the century's greatest men of letters."

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  Format: Paperback
Publisher: Modern Library (April 01, 2000)
Measurements: 8"(h) x 5"(w) x 1"(d), 0.85 lbs.
ISBN: 9780375755347

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  This is the story of a woman, a man, and a marriage, a threesome that adds up any number of ways. For Vera and Vladimir Nabokov the arithmetic was simple: the elements amounted to a single entity.
 

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