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It's Not Number One?!

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

Mr. Nabokov's Movie Debut

Nabokov gets his first and last movie role in this strange film about chess fever.

Historical Documents

It's Na-bo-kov!

You were pronouncing his name wrong all along, weren't you?

Vladimir Vladimirovitch Nabokov is dead, long live Lolita

Even though he died in 1977, we don't think anyone is going to forget him or his stories any time soon.

Under Glass. Get it? Because Butterfly Specimens are put Under Glass?

More pictures, letters, and other historical artifacts relating to Nabokov than you can shake a stick at.

Video

"I Loathe Such Things as Jazz"

After Nabokov's list of things that he hates, we get a pretty good documentary about him and Lolita.

Audio

Should We Honor a Man's Dying Wishes?

How many times are works that authors don't want published going to get published anyway?

Awwww. Love Letters.

This audio conversation compares Nabokov's love letters to his future wife and his fiction.

It's Hard being a Journalist Sometimes

Nabokov is just being Nabokov and giving a journalist a hard time in this rare interview.

Images

Olga? Is that You?

Nabokov's sister named Olga is in this family portrait. Can you spot her?

His Very Own Russian Beauty

A picture of Nabokov with this wife, Vera.