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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.
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However, The Enchanter has an utterly different atmosphere, as time, place and even names remain a mystery. Nabokov transforms his protagonist's attempts to lull his twelve-year-old step-daughter into a state of 'enchantment' into a graceful, chilling fairytale.
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May 3, 2014 · The enchanter by Nabokov, Vladimir Vladimirovich, 1899-1977. Publication date 1991 Publisher New York : Vintage Books Collection internetarchivebooks ...
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
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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...
Jul 16, 2017 · The Enchanter by Vladimir Nabokov My rating: 3 of 5 stars VN's first pass at the Lolita subject matter, The Enchanter was written in 1939—making it one of the author's last works composed in Russian—but not published until 1986, in this translation by Dmitri Nabokov, who details the novella's origin and complex textual history in…
