A Russian Beauty Resources
Websites
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So what if "A Russian Beauty" isn't at the top of this ranking? It's still number one in our book.
Movie or TV Productions
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Nabokov gets his first and last movie role in this strange film about chess fever.
Historical Documents
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You were pronouncing his name wrong all along, weren't you?
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Even though he died in 1977, we don't think anyone is going to forget him or his stories any time soon.
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More pictures, letters, and other historical artifacts relating to Nabokov than you can shake a stick at.
Video
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After Nabokov's list of things that he hates, we get a pretty good documentary about him and Lolita.
Audio
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How many times are works that authors don't want published going to get published anyway?
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This audio conversation compares Nabokov's love letters to his future wife and his fiction.
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Nabokov is just being Nabokov and giving a journalist a hard time in this rare interview.
Images
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Nabokov's sister named Olga is in this family portrait. Can you spot her?
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A picture of Nabokov with this wife, Vera.