Penguin Books Ltd: The novel that first established Nabokov's reputation with a large audience tour-de-force of comic satire... Zobraziť viac
An ingeniously constructed parody of detective fiction and learned commentary, Pale Fire offers a cornucopia of deceptive pleasures, at the center of which is a 999-line poem written by the literary genius John Shade just before his death... Zobraziť viac
Professor Timofey Pnin, late of Tsarist Russia, is now precariously perched at the heart of an American campus. Battling with American life and language, Pnin must face great hazards in this new world... Zobraziť viac
Der Roman schildert die unselige Leidenschaft des 1910 in Frankreich geborenen Literaturwissenschaftlers und Privatlehrers Humbert Humbert zu der kindhaften und gleichzeitig frühreifen 12-jährigen Dolores (Lolita) Haze... Zobraziť viac
Everyman: The story of an obsessive middle-aged scholar who pursues an exquisite nymphet. Zobraziť viac
A great work of art, radiant and rapturous, affirming the power of love and imagination' The New York Times Book ReviewAda or Ardor is a romance that follows Ada from her first childhood meeting with Van Veen on his uncle's... Zobraziť viac
Penguin Classics: Written in Berlin in 1934, Invitation to a Beheading contains all the surprise, excitement and magical... Zobraziť viac
Penguin Classics: Self-satisfied, delighting in the many fascinating quirks of his own personality, Hermann Hermann is... Zobraziť viac
Poet and pervert, Humbert Humbert becomes obsessed by twelve-year-old Lolita and seeks to possess her, first carnally and then artistically, out of love, 'to fix once for all the perilous magic of nymphets'. Is he in love or insane?... Zobraziť viac
A man at his desk is interrupted by the appearance of a woodland elf in his room; the piano maestro Bachmann ends his career; a barber shaves the face of a man who once tortured him; a shy dreamer makes a deal with the Devil... Zobraziť viac
Penguin Classics: Professor Timofey Pnin, previously of Tsarist Russia, is now precariously positioned at the heart of... Zobraziť viac
Lev Ganin is a young officer sharing a boarding house in Berlin with a host of Russian emigres. Alone in his room, he dreams of his first love, Mary. Awash with memories of youth and idyllic scenes of pre-Revolution Russia... Zobraziť viac
Penguin Classics: 'Speak, memory', said Vladimir Nabokov. And immediately there came flooding back to him a host of... Zobraziť viac
Introducing Little Clothbound Classics: irresistible, mini editions of short stories, novellas and essays from the world's greatest writers, designed by the award-winning Coralie Bickford-SmithCelebrating the range and diversity of Penguin Classics, ... Zobraziť viac
