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	Short Story - MSN Encarta
		American writer Flannery O’Connor is a master of irony, as in the story “A Good Man Is Hard to Find” (1953) in which a manipulative grandmother imposes her will on a situation, with the ironic result that she and her family are killed by escaped convicts.
		The education story is set in academia or is concerned with the education of the main character, as in “Of This Time, of That Place” (1944) by American educator Lionel Trilling.
		The hardboiled first-person narrators of stories set in the big cities are often tough guys, as in James M. Cain’s “Dead Man” (1936), the many wisecracking stories of Dashiell Hammett and Damon Runyon, the more serious tough stories of Ring Lardner, and the literary stories of John O’Hara.
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	Vladimir Nabokov - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Nabokov left Germany with his family in 1937 for Paris and in 1940 fled from the advancing German troops to the United States.
		Nabokov's short story "The Vane Sisters" is famous in part for its acrostical final paragraph, in which the first letters of each word spell out a ghostly message from beyond the grave.
		Nabokov's translation was the focus of a bitter polemic with Edmund Wilson and others; he had rendered the very precisely metered and rhyming novel in verse in (by his own admission) stumbling, non-rhymed prose.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Vladimir_Nabokov (2493 words)

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		The Nine Sisters or the Morros are a chain of nine volcanic peaks between Morro Bay and San Luis Obispo, California.
		Nine Stories is the title of a number of books, including: Nine Stories by Vladimir Nabokov Nine Stories by J. Sa...
		The Nine Worthies were nine historical figures meant to be the embodiment of the ideal of chivalry.
	www.brainyencyclopedia.com /encyclopedia/n/nine_months-ninety-seven.html (1299 words)

	GradeSaver: ClassicNote: Biography of Vladimir Nabokov
		The Nabokovs lived largely at piece with the czar's regime, though Nabokov's father, Vladimir Dmitrievich Nabokov, was a famous and controversial liberal politician.
		Nabokov returned to school and graduated later that year, and decided to move to Berlin in 1923.
		Nabokov remained in Switzerland until his death in 1977 of a viral infection, leaving an unfinished manuscript, The Original of Laura.
	www.gradesaver.com /classicnotes/authors/about_vladimir_nabokov.html (846 words)

	Table of Contents and Excerpt, Shrayer, The World of Nabokov's Stories
		Nabokov's stories frequently appear in anthologies of short fiction and are widely taught in universities.
		Nabokov links his experience as a writer concerned with immortalizing memory via language to that of a reader to whom the recorded memory of his story is ultimately addressed.
		Nabokov's understanding of the role the reader plays during the act of reading was indeed deterministic, as becomes apparent from his unpublished notes, entitled "Lectures on Style and Short Stories." Presumably, he prepared these notes for a course on creative writing, a version of which he taught at Stanford University in the summer of 1941.
	www.utexas.edu /utpress/excerpts/exshrwor.html (5140 words)

	CNN.com - Books - Brother's secret reveals Nabokov's shame and bias - May 17, 2000
		Nabokov's homophobia is in fact one of the dirty little secrets of 20th century literature, on a par with T.S. Eliot's anti-Semitism.
		Since Nabokov's death in 1977, the responsibility for managing his posthumous reputation has fallen to his son Dmitri, who is fiercely protective of his father's public image: One member of the Nabokov family interviewed for this article later asked to retract her statements, for fear of incurring Dmitri's wrath.
		Nabokov was the archenemy of cliché, a writer passionately committed to overturning tired literary conventions through careful observation of the real world, but his homosexual characters are as a rule egregiously stereotyped.
	archives.cnn.com /2000/books/news/05/17/nabokov.brother/index.html (4647 words)

	Ken Lopez - Bookseller: Catalog 105, N-O
		A collection of stories only issued in wrappers, as the second issue of Direction magazine, a literary magazine each issue of which was devoted to the work of one author.
		A collection of stories by a writer who is more well known for his poetry and criticism, and who was Poetry Consultant to the Library of Congress.
		Thirty-six pages of photocopied typescript of a story that appeared in Boston magazine in April, 1993, with several holograph changes from 1993, and the author's holograph revisions to the story "(made in May 95) for any future publication." The pages are fine, as is the magazine, and each is signed by the author.
	www.lopezbooks.com /catalog/105/105-10.html (1733 words)

	I, X does not equal Nabokov (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		In the foreword of Speak, Memory: An Autobiography Revisited (a revised edition of his autobiography Conclusive Evidence), as well as in the bibliographical note inserted at the end of Nabokov's Dozen1 a collection of thirteen short stories, Nabokov chronicles the publishing history of texts that were alternately presented as autobiographical and fictional.
		When, in 1964, Véra Nabokov undertook to compile a bibliography of her husband's works for the issue of L'Arc devoted to him, she labeled "Mademoiselle O": "Nouvelle écrite en français" [short story written in French]; one can therefore assume that Nabokov had presented it to his French-speaking audiences as a short story.
		When we learn that the real name of Nabokov's governess is Cécile Miauton, we realize that by means of this long digression the author probably intended to effect a kind of poetic distillation of her name.
	www.libraries.psu.edu /nabokov/coutnar.htm (867 words)

	AllRefer.com - Vladimir Nabokov (American Literature, Biography) - Encyclopedia
		One of the great novelists of the 20th cent., Nabokov was an extraordinarily imaginative writer, often experimenting with the form of the novel.
		The story of a middle-aged European intellectual's infatuation with a 12-year-old American "nymphet," Lolita was considered scandalous when it was first published.
		Among collections of his short stories are Nine Stories (1947), Nabokov's Dozen (1958), and A Russian Beauty (1973); many of them are gathered in The Stories of Vladimir Nobokov (1995).
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	The New Yorker: The Critics: A Critic At Large (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		A short story is not as restrictive as a sonnet, but, of all the literary forms, it is possibly the most single-minded.
		The grand form of death in stories has to do with Joyce’s notion of “the whatness of a thing.” It is reflected in the kind of flatness or coldness that you find in the stories of Ernest Hemingway or Raymond Carver.
		In the story, the man and the woman, after a few false starts—he has had too much to drink—consummate, earnestly, gratefully, but joylessly, their interlude, each element of which is carefully transcribed, down to the texture of the labia.
	www.newyorker.com /critics/atlarge/?031201crat_atlarge (2485 words)

	HighBeam Encyclopedia - Nabokov, Vladimir (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Vladimir Nabokov's Invitation to a Beheading and the Russian radical tradition.
		Nabokov's 'Lolita.' (similarities of the characters in Vladimir Nabokov's to Charlie Chaplin)
		Nabokov on Gogol.(includes related article on preparations for the birthday anniversaries of Gogol and Nabokov)(writers Nikolai Gogol and Vladimir Nabokov)
	www.encyclopedia.com /html/N/Nabokov.asp (559 words)

	The Official Irkland Web Site - The Nabokov Assignment, Page 3
		Nabokov, an artist, and a human being with an evident imagination, is ostensibly accusing somebody of being too imaginative, too absorbed in the lives of others.
		Nabokov, in a shot from the mid '20s, was having so much fun (or maybe is so confused) that he forgot to close his mouth, revealing an uneven row of top teeth; this is how I came up with the theory.
		This story is about a tutor who is asked to accompany his tutee to the Baltic Sea after the boy's mother "shan't be able to go." The tutor, Ivanov, is a sheltered man; he feels congratulatory for removing his shoes at the beach.
	www.irkland.com /writing/nabokov4.htm (7371 words)

	LitWeb.net (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Vladimir Nabokov was born in St. Petersburg as the son of Vladimir Dimitrievich Nabokov and Elena Ivanovna (Rukavishnikov).
		The story, dealing with the desire of a middle-aged paedophile Humbert Humbert for a 12-year-old nymphet, is said to be a metaphor for the writer and his art, and for the old world encountering the new in all its vulgarity.
		In 1957 Nabokov published PNIN, a story of a hapless Russian professor of literature, and in 1962 appeared PALE FIRE, an ambitious mixture of literary forms.
	www.biblion.com /litweb/biogs/nabokov_vladimir.html (1078 words)

	Ken Lopez - Bookseller: Catalog 94, N-O
		Nabokov was displeased with this translation of his work and did not allow it to be reprinted.
		A 12th century Russian epic translated by Nabokov, published simultaneously in a small hardcover edition and in paperback; this is the paperback.
		Nabokov's letters are folded for mailing and the included mailing envelopes are torn; the notebooks show wear from use in the field; but the archive is, on average, in near fine condition.
	www.lopezbooks.com /catalog/94/94-07.html (1851 words)

	Russian Writer and Poet: Vladimir Nabokov
		Vladimir Nabokov was born on or around April 23, 1899, to an aristocratic family in St. Petersburg, Russia.
		Nabokov's father was one of the writers of “Retch” publishing and he had taken a position within the provincial government of Kerenski.
		Nabokov wrote for the "New Yorker," and assembled his memoirs into what was later published as "Speak, Memory." During the summers, he continued collecting butterflies, mostly in the Rocky Mountains.
	www.caroun.com /Literature/Russia/VladimirNabakov.html (822 words)

	Nabokov Under Glass - An Exhibition at The New York Public Library
		In 1946, Nabokov wrote to Doubleday that he was planning "a new kind of autobiography, or rather a new hybrid between that and a novel." From the start he envisioned it as a series of discrete but stylistically and thematically linked chapters.
		Nabokov wrote to Katharine White that after surviving the "atrocious metamorphosis" from Russian to American writer: "I swore I would never go back from my wizened Hyde form to my ample Jekyll one - but there I was, after fifteen years of absence, wallowing again in the bitter luxury of my Russian verbal might.
		Nabokov found that recalling "Russian memories" in his native tongue sharpened the images, and called attention to the deficiencies of Conclusive Evidence.
	www.nypl.org /research/chss/epo/nabokov/conc.htm (472 words)

	WCOOP Event # 1: $215 Razz 'Nabokov' Notches Triumph \| Poker News
		'Nabokov' led the way to the final table with over $1 million in chips, but the first order of business was the narrowing of the field in a couple of short-stack battles.
		In a key three-way hand, Nabokov ran his stack to $1.6 million when he improved an already good-looking 8-high hand to a better 7-high on the river, putting both respekmestak and FellKnight on the ropes.
		In another half hour, Nabokov had run it all the way up to $2 million, and that was the deciding surge of the event.
	www.pokernews.com /news/2006/9/wcoop-event-one-razz-nabokov.htm (973 words)

	Bold Type \| Contributors
		Vladimir Nabokov was born in St. Petersburg on April 23, 1899.
		Nabokov studied French and Russian literature at Trinity College, Cambridge, from 1919 to 1923, then lived in Berlin (1923-1937) and Paris (1937-1940), where he began writing, mainly in Russian, under the pseudonym Sirin.
		Evening is the story of a woman on her deathbed who amidst the delirium and images of her past full life relives a love affair she had forty years earlier, when at twenty-five she attended the wedding of her best friend on an island in Maine.
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	The Life and Works of Vladimir Nabokov
		His son, Dmitri, translated many of his stories, novels, poetry, drama, essays and letters, and Nabokov's wife, Véra, was intimately connected with the publication of nearly all of her husband's works.
		Nabokov, however, was the final reviewer of his translations, whether he fine-tuned the language or performed a larger overhaul of the original text.
		Nabokov developed Kamera obskura (Laughter in the Dark) from the sketch of his earlier, unpublished story "Bird of Paradise." Despite the dwindling numbers of Russians in Berlin--by the summer of 1931 there were 30,000--Nabokov was able to draw full houses to two readings in the fall and winter.
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	Vladimir
		What he doesn't know and what only readers alerted by Nabokov's prefatory note will likely find out is that the last paragraph of his story is an acrostic message from the two, who have gamely penetrated his narrative from the next world to let him know that they have guided his search from the beginning.
		In this three-page story which combines a ghostly Puck with a writer who may or may not be the author himself, Nabokov kisses off what was and suggests the prose magician to come.
		Nabokov never really lost his taste for precious little scenes or labored exercises in style - they appear late in the book, too - but the stories that don't really work are often partly redeemed by something: a phrase, a sense of character or just his ease with abnormality.
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	Vladimir Nabokov
		Nabokov lived in Berlin for 15 years and worked as a translator, tutor, and tennis coach.
		With Lolita Nabokov gained a huge success, although it was banned in Paris in 1956-58 and not published in full in America and the U.K. until 1958.
		During the course of the story, Humbert loses her to Clare Quilty, a playwright and pornographic filmmaker.
	www.kirjasto.sci.fi /nabokov.htm (1982 words)

	ContraCostaTimes.com - Nabokov shuts out Detroit (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		It's because they're savvy enough to recognize they won't win the series by leaning on Nabokov to pull their bacon out of the fire, which is what he did as Detroit compiled a 34-19 edge in shots.
		Nabokov posted 34 saves, including 13 in the third period, to match his career high in a playoff shutout.
		The upside for the Sharks was that they blocked nine shots and also did a nice job of disrupting the passing lanes.
	www.contracostatimes.com /sharks/ci_5764492 (703 words)

	cbs5.com - Sharks Shut Out Islanders 2-0
		Evgeni Nabokov, making his first start of the season, stopped 26 shots for his first shutout since January 12 and the 28th of his career as the Sharks started the season with consecutive victories for the first time in seven years.
		He was flawless on 18 attempts the rest of the way against San Jose as the Islanders lost their second straight.
		Nabokov also stopped a tough shot from Miroslav Satan during a power play in the final 4 minutes.
	cbs5.com /topstories/local_story_281043940.html (682 words)

	Nabokov shuts down Stars for 4-0 victory - Boston.com
		San Jose Sharks goalie Evgeni Nabokov, right, of Kazakhstan, attempts to clear a puck as Dallas Stars center Jeff Halpern (11) pressures in the first period of an NHL hockey game in Dallas, Sunday, March 4, 2007.
		Evgeni Nabokov stopped 26 shots for his 32nd career shutout, Joe Pavelski scored two goals, and the Sharks snapped a season-long four-game losing streak with a 4-0 victory over the Dallas Stars on Sunday.
		It was San Jose's only shot of the first period while Dallas was unable to beat Nabokov on nine shots.
	www.boston.com /sports/hockey/articles/2007/03/04/nabokov_shuts_down_stars_for_4_0_victory (713 words)

	Amazon.ca: Werewolves in Their Youth: Stories: Books (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Although these stories are not lifeless, they lack the zoetic spirit of the stories about children, and his insistence to overmanage the fates of these characters, for lack of a better word, is annoying.
		The last story, "In The Black Mill," was a special treat for me. I'm a big fan of gothic horror and this is a wonderful pastiche of M.R. James with maybe a touch of Poe.
		The stories themselves are elegant, laconic, and insightful, if occasionally contrived; the lattermost of which attributions Chabon was doubtless consciously striving to avoid, but which, like some malicious, depredatory creature, keen to the evasive instincts of the short-story writer, managed to catch up to him at least once or twice.
	www.amazon.ca /exec/obidos/ASIN/0679415874 (1172 words)

	Las Vegas SUN: Canucks Edge Past Sharks 2-1 in OT
		Luongo might not be far off in his Shark Tank prognostication: These clubs meet each other again in San Jose on the final weekend of the regular season, and there's a decent chance they'll see each other in the first round of the playoffs.
		Counting the brief periods when Nabokov was off the ice in the previous three games, the Sharks hadn't allowed a goal in 167:16, also a club record.
		Nabokov was outstanding again, but the Sharks faltered in their return from a road trip that ended with consecutive shutouts of Dallas and Minnesota, breathing life back into their faint Pacific Division title hopes.
	www.lasvegassun.com /sunbin/stories/hk-pro/2007/mar/09/030909555.html (724 words)

	Notes: Sharks re-sign goalie Nabokov - NHL - MSNBC.com
		Evgeni Nabokov, a restricted free agent, went 31-19-8 with a 2.20 GAA and a team-record nine shutouts last season while leading San Jose to the Western Conference finals.
		Nabokov also rebounded from a mediocre performance in 2002-03, when he never got into top form after holding out through training camp and the first five games of the regular season.
		Nabokov has stuck to a rigorous offseason training schedule in the past two summers.
	www.msnbc.msn.com /id/5697942 (655 words)

	Nabokov Under Glass - An Exhibition at The New York Public Library
		His first three stories - "The Assistant Producer," "That in Aleppo Once," and "A Forgotten Poet" - are all set in Russia, and involve somewhat experimental narrative devices.
		It is his most political short story, taking postwar Russian émigré and American Soviet fellow-travelers to task along with German sympathizers of all nationalities.
		The items listed below pertain to Nabokov's life and career and are the contents of the exhibition at the Humanities and Social Sciences Library, on view from April 23 through August 21, 1999.
	www.nypl.org /research/chss/epo/nabokov/amer.htm (351 words)

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