Vladimir Nabokov : the Russian Years
Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- List of Illustrations -- Note on Dates -- Introduction -- PART Is RUSSIA -- 1. Liberal Strains: The Pattern of the Past -- 2. A World Awakening: St. Petersburg, 1899-1904 -- 3. First Revolution and First Duma: St. Petersburg, 1904-1906 -- 4. Butterflies: St. Petersburg, 1906-1910 -- 5. School: St. Petersburg, 1911-1914 -- 6. Lover and Poet: Petrograd, 1914-1917 -- 7. Foretaste of Exile: Crimea, 1917-1919 -- PART II: EUROPE -- 8. Becoming Sirin: Cambridge, 1919-1922 -- 9. Regrouping: Berlin, 1922-1923 -- 10. Enter the Muse: Berlin, 1923-1925 -- 11. Scenes from Emigré Life: Berlin, 1925-1926 -- 12. Ideas Away: Berlin, 1927-1929 -- 13. Nabokov the Writer -- 14. The Defense (Zashchita Luzhina) -- 15. Negative and Positive: Berlin, 1929-1930 -- 16. Bright Desk, Dark World: Berlin, 1930-1932 -- 17. Distant Prospects: Berlin, 1932-1934 -- 18. Translation and Transformation: Berlin, 1934-1937 -- 19. On the Move: France, 1937 -- 20. The Gift (Dar) -- 21. Destitute: France, 1938-1939 -- 22. Searching for an Exit: France, 1939-1940 -- Acknowledgments -- Notes -- Index
