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| name = A Nursery Tale |
| name = A Nursery Tale |
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| title_orig = Сказка |
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| translator = [[Vladimir Nabokov]] |
| translator = [[Vladimir Nabokov]], [[Dmitri Nabokov]] |
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| author = [[Vladimir Nabokov]] |
| author = [[Vladimir Nabokov]] |
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| language = [[Russian language|Russian]] |
| language = [[Russian language|Russian]] |
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| pub_date = 1926 |
| pub_date = 27 and 29 June 1926 |
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| english_pub_date = 1975 |
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'''''A Nursery Tale''''' is a [[short story]] by [[Vladimir Nabokov]] |
'''''A Nursery Tale''''' ({{lang-ru|Сказка, Skazka}}) is a [[short story]] by [[Vladimir Nabokov]] first published in the expatriate Russian newspaper ''Rul''' on 27 and 29 June 1926 and in the book form in ''[[The Return of Chorb (book)|The Return of Chorb]]'' in 1930. The English translation by the author and his son, [[Dmitri Nabokov]] has appeared in 1975 in collection ''[[Tyrants Destroyed and Other Stories]]''. |
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==Plot summary== |
==Plot summary== |
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* [http://www.mantex.co.uk/ou/a319/nab-010.htm Roy Johnson: A Nabokov tutorial] |
* [http://www.mantex.co.uk/ou/a319/nab-010.htm Roy Johnson: A Nabokov tutorial] |
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==References== |
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*''Fantasy, Folklore, and Finite Numbers in Nabokov's "A Nursery Tale"'' by Susan Sweeney, The Slavic and East European Journal, Vol. 43, No. 3 (Autumn, 1999), pp. 511-529. |
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Revision as of 21:35, 9 October 2008
| "A Nursery Tale" | |
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| Short story by Vladimir Nabokov | |
| Original title | Сказка |
| Translator | Vladimir Nabokov, Dmitri Nabokov |
| Language | Russian |
| Publication | |
| Published in | "Rul'" |
| Publication type | Newspaper |
| Publication date | 27 and 29 June 1926 |
| Published in English | 1975 |
A Nursery Tale (Template:Lang-ru) is a short story by Vladimir Nabokov first published in the expatriate Russian newspaper Rul' on 27 and 29 June 1926 and in the book form in The Return of Chorb in 1930. The English translation by the author and his son, Dmitri Nabokov has appeared in 1975 in collection Tyrants Destroyed and Other Stories.
Plot summary
Erwin, the protagonist, is shy and “collects” an imaginary harem of women by tagging them mentally when looking from the streetcar. One day, he encounters the Devil in the shape of a German middle-aged women, Frau Monde, who tells him he can have all the women he can “collect” before midnight provided their number is uneven. Erwin tries to do so but ultimately fails.
Comments
The story makes reference to a teenage girl as one of the women Erwin tries to make part of his collection, an early reference to the theme of ephebophilia that is later spun out in Lolita. This may be the earliest reference in Nabokov’s work to the attraction of pubescent girls.
External links
References
- Fantasy, Folklore, and Finite Numbers in Nabokov's "A Nursery Tale" by Susan Sweeney, The Slavic and East European Journal, Vol. 43, No. 3 (Autumn, 1999), pp. 511-529.