Fifty new books, celebrating the pioneering spirit of the Penguin Modern Classics series, from inspiring essays to groundbreaking fiction and poetry. ‘The illegible signature of teetering disaster’ Three great stories – The Aurelian, Signs and Symbols and Lance – the last both a derisive attack on science-fiction and an attempt to imagine the real pain and horror that would accompany space travel. About the Author Vladimir Nabokov was born in 1899 in St Petersburg. He wrote his first literary works in Russian, but rose to international prominence as a masterly prose stylist for the novels he composed in English, most famously, Lolita. Between 1923 and 1940 he published novels, short stories, plays, poems and translations in the Russian language and established himself as one of the most outstanding Russian emigre writers. He died in 1977. Promotional Information Fifty new books, celebrating the pioneering spirit of the Penguin Modern Classics series, from inspiring essays to groundbreaking fiction and poetry.
Fifty new books, celebrating the pioneering spirit of the Penguin Modern Classics series, from inspiring essays to groundbreaking fiction and poetry. ‘The illegible signature of teetering disaster’ Three great stories – The Aurelian, Signs and Symbols and Lance – the last both a derisive attack on science-fiction and an attempt to imagine the real pain and horror that would accompany space travel. About the Author Vladimir Nabokov was born in 1899 in St Petersburg. He wrote his first literary works in Russian, but rose to international prominence as a masterly prose stylist for the novels he composed in English, most famously, Lolita. Between 1923 and 1940 he published novels, short stories, plays, poems and translations in the Russian language and established himself as one of the most outstanding Russian emigre writers. He died in 1977. Promotional Information Fifty new books, celebrating the pioneering spirit of the Penguin Modern Classics series, from inspiring essays to groundbreaking fiction and poetry.
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Fifty new books, celebrating the pioneering spirit of the Penguin Modern Classics series, from inspiring essays to groundbreaking fiction and poetry. ‘The illegible signature of teetering disaster’ Three great stories – The Aurelian, Signs and Symbols and Lance – the last both a derisive attack on science-fiction and an attempt to imagine the real pain and horror that would accompany space travel. About the Author Vladimir Nabokov was born in 1899 in St Petersburg. He wrote his first literary works in Russian, but rose to international prominence as a masterly prose stylist for the novels he composed in English, most famously, Lolita. Between 1923 and 1940 he published novels, short stories, plays, poems and translations in the Russian language and established himself as one of the most outstanding Russian emigre writers. He died in 1977. Promotional Information Fifty new books, celebrating the pioneering spirit of the Penguin Modern Classics series, from inspiring essays to groundbreaking fiction and poetry.
Fifty new books, celebrating the pioneering spirit of the Penguin Modern Classics series, from inspiring essays to groundbreaking fiction and poetry. ‘The illegible signature of teetering disaster’ Three great stories – The Aurelian, Signs and Symbols and Lance – the last both a derisive attack on science-fiction and an attempt to imagine the real pain and horror that would accompany space travel. About the Author Vladimir Nabokov was born in 1899 in St Petersburg. He wrote his first literary works in Russian, but rose to international prominence as a masterly prose stylist for the novels he composed in English, most famously, Lolita. Between 1923 and 1940 he published novels, short stories, plays, poems and translations in the Russian language and established himself as one of the most outstanding Russian emigre writers. He died in 1977. Promotional Information Fifty new books, celebrating the pioneering spirit of the Penguin Modern Classics series, from inspiring essays to groundbreaking fiction and poetry.
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Imprint | Penguin |
Country of Publication | United Kingdom |
Dimensions | Height: 161mm, Width: 111mm, Spine: 4mm |
Audience | General/trade, ELT Advanced |
Publisher's Status | Active |
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Imprint | Penguin |
Country of Publication | United Kingdom |
Dimensions | Height: 161mm, Width: 111mm, Spine: 4mm |
Audience | General/trade, ELT Advanced |
Publisher's Status | Active |