The Stories of Vladimir Nabokov

List of stories

The subject of Sebastiano del Piombo's Dorotea (1513) is the "Venetian" of Nabokov's "La Veneziana".The Kaiser-Friedrich Museum of Berlin houses the painting.
English title Original language Original publication Original English collection
"The Wood-Sprite" Russian Rul' (1921) -
"Russian Spoken Here" Russian - (composed 1923) -
"Sounds" Russian The New Yorker (1995; composed 1923) -
"Wingstroke" Russian Russkoye Ekho (1924) -
"Gods" Russian (composed 1923) -
"A Matter of Chance" Russian Segodnya (1924) Tyrants Destroyed and Other Stories (1974)
"The Seaport" Russian Rul' (1924) -
"Revenge" Russian Russkoye Ekho (1924) -
"Beneficence" Russian Rul' (1924) -
"Details of a Sunset" Russian Segodnya (1924) Details of a Sunset and Other Stories (1976)
"The Thunderstorm" Russian Rul' (1924) Details of a Sunset and Other Stories (1976)
"La Veneziana" Russian (composed 1924) -
"Bachmann" Russian Rul' (1924) Tyrants Destroyed and Other Stories (1974)
"The Dragon" Russian (composed 1924) -
"Christmas" Russian Rul' (1925) Details of a Sunset and Other Stories (1976)
"A Letter That Never Reached Russia" Russian Rul' (1925) Details of a Sunset and Other Stories (1976)
"The Fight" Russian Rul' (1925) -
"The Return of Chorb" Russian Rul' (1925) Details of a Sunset and Other Stories (1976)
"A Guide to Berlin" Russian Rul' (1925) Details of a Sunset and Other Stories (1976)
"A Nursery Tale" Russian Rul' (1926) Tyrants Destroyed and Other Stories (1974)
"Terror" Russian Sovremennya Zapiski (1927) Tyrants Destroyed and Other Stories (1974)
"Razor" Russian Rul' (1926) -
"The Passenger" Russian Rul' (1927) Details of a Sunset and Other Stories (1976)
"The Doorbell" Russian Rul' (1927) Details of a Sunset and Other Stories (1976)
"An Affair of Honor" Russian Rul' (1927) A Russian Beauty and Other Stories (1973)
"The Christmas Story" Russian Rul' (1928) -
"The Potato Elf" Russian Rul' (1929) A Russian Beauty and Other Stories (1973)
"The Aurelian" Russian Sovremennya Zapiski (1931) Nabokov's Dozen (1958)
"A Dashing Fellow" Russian Segodnya (early 1930s) A Russian Beauty and Other Stories (1973)
"A Bad Day" Russian Poslednie Novosti (1931) Details of a Sunset and Other Stories (1976)
"The Visit to the Museum" Russian Sovremennya Zapiski (1939) A Russian Beauty and Other Stories (1973)
"A Busy Man" Russian Poslednie Novosti (1931) Details of a Sunset and Other Stories (1976)
"Terra Incognita" Russian Poslednie Novosti (1931) A Russian Beauty and Other Stories (1973)
"The Reunion" Russian Poslednie Novosti (1932) Details of a Sunset and Other Stories (1976)
"Lips to Lips" Russian Vesna v Fialte (1956) A Russian Beauty and Other Stories (1973)
"Orache" Russian Poslednie Novosti (1932) Details of a Sunset and Other Stories (1976)
"Music" Russian Poslednie Novosti (1932) Tyrants Destroyed and Other Stories (1974)
"Perfection" Russian Poslednie Novosti (1932) Tyrants Destroyed and Other Stories (1974)
"The Admiralty Spire" Russian Poslednie Novosti (1933) Tyrants Destroyed and Other Stories (1974)
"The Leonardo" Russian Poslednie Novosti (1933) A Russian Beauty and Other Stories (1973)
"In Memory of L. I. Shigaev" Russian Poslednie Novosti (1934) Tyrants Destroyed and Other Stories (1974)
"The Circle" Russian Poslednie Novosti (presumed; 1936) A Russian Beauty and Other Stories (1973)
"A Russian Beauty" Russian Poslednie Novosti (1934) A Russian Beauty and Other Stories (1973)
"Breaking the News" Russian unknown, circa 1935 A Russian Beauty and Other Stories (1973)
"Torpid Smoke" Russian Poslednie Novosti (1935) A Russian Beauty and Other Stories (1973)
"Recruiting" Russian Poslednie Novosti (1935) Tyrants Destroyed and Other Stories (1974)
"A Slice of Life" Russian Poslednie Novosti (1935) Details of a Sunset and Other Stories (1976)
"Spring in Fialta" Russian Sovremennya Zapiski (1937) Nabokov's Dozen (1958)
"Cloud, Castle, Lake" Russian Sovremennya Zapiski (1938) Nabokov's Dozen (1958)
"Tyrants Destroyed" Russian Russkiya Zapiski (1938) Tyrants Destroyed and Other Stories (1974)
"Lik" Russian Russkiya Zapiski (1939) Tyrants Destroyed and Other Stories (1974)
"Vasiliy Shishkov" Russian Russkiya Zapiski (1939) Tyrants Destroyed and Other Stories (1974)
"Ultima Thule" Russian Novyy Zhurnal (1942) A Russian Beauty and Other Stories (1973)
"Solus Rex" Russian Sovremennya Zapiski (1940) A Russian Beauty and Other Stories (1973)
"Mademoiselle O" French Mesures (1936) Nabokov's Dozen (1958)
"The Assistant Producer" English Atlantic Monthly Nabokov's Dozen (1958)
"That in Aleppo Once…" English Atlantic Monthly Nabokov's Dozen (1958)
"A Forgotten Poet" English Atlantic Monthly Nabokov's Dozen (1958)
"Time and Ebb" English Atlantic Monthly Nabokov's Dozen (1958)
"Conversation Piece, 1945" English The New Yorker (1945) Nabokov's Dozen (1958)
"Signs and Symbols" English The New Yorker (1948) Nabokov's Dozen (1958)
"First Love" English The New Yorker (1948) Nabokov's Dozen (1958)
"Scenes from the Life of a Double Monster" English The Reporter Nabokov's Dozen (1958)
"The Vane Sisters" English Hudson Review (1959) Tyrants Destroyed and Other Stories (1974)
"Lance" English The New Yorker (1952) Nabokov's Dozen (1958)
"Easter Rain" Russian Russkoe Ekho (1925) 11th U.S. paperback printing (2002)
"The Word" Russian Rul' (1923) 15th U.S. paperback printing (2006)
"Natasha" Russian The New Yorker (2008; composed 1924) 17th U.S. paperback printing (2008)

This content is from Wikipedia. GradeSaver is providing this content as a courtesy until we can offer a professionally written study guide by one of our staff editors. We do not consider this content professional or citable. Please use your discretion when relying on it.