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I just finished reading Lolita and I am wondering if any of Vladimir Nabokov's other novels are worth reading.

>> No.11085863

>>11085832
Yes

>> No.11085870

>>11085832
Yeah many of them are much better.

>> No.11085899

>>11085870
Any book in specific?

>> No.11086366

>>11085899
>Pnin
>Ada
>Invitation to a Beheading
>Pale Fire (read it last)

>> No.11086447

>>11086366
>Pale Fire (read it last)
why?

>> No.11087357

>>11085832
Nabokov’s worst is still better than most writers best.

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>>11085832
this is the chart but i dont put much stock in it

>> No.11087385

I've only read Pale Fire and Lolita.
Loved Lolita but holy shit Pale Fire has way too much poetry to slog through and idk if i'm a pleb but its the least entertaining poem i have ever read.

>> No.11088818

>>11087385
Dawg, did you only read the poem???

>> No.11089058

>>11087385
>Pale Fire has way too much poetry to slog through
Dude. Really? You're trolling, right?

>> No.11089083

>>11085832
Like most of us here, I began reading Nabokov with Lolita. Spectacular novel.

What I usually do is start at the beginning with most authors. I went back and read his early works and found Mary and The Eye much better and rewarding reads than King, Queen, Knave and Laughter in the Dark. The latter two kinda put me off to reading Nabokov for a while. I'm taking a break from him, you could say. However, I look forward to reading his English written works in the near future.

>> No.11089107

>>11086366
All of these. He also has a collection of short stories which is really good.
>>11086447
It's full of nice little references to his other works.

>> No.11089115

>>11085870
>>11086366
wrong

>> No.11089566

which of his book were written in english first?

>> No.11090344

>>11089566
From wikipedia

Novels written in English:

* (1941) The Real Life of Sebastian Knight
* (1947) Bend Sinister
* (1955) Lolita, self-translated into Russian (1965)
* (1957) Pnin
* (1962) Pale Fire
* (1969) Ada or Ardor: A Family Chronicle
* (1972) Transparent Things
* (1974) Look at the Harlequins!
* (2009) The Original of Laura

>> No.11090429

> read lolita
>become pedo
>????
>profit

>> No.11090522

>>11090429
Are posts like the one I'm responding to occur when posters from /tv/ cross over?

>> No.11090539

What's it about?

>> No.11091157

>>11085832
Yes. Also read him shitposting about authors he doesn't like.
https://lithub.com/the-meanest-things-vladimir-nabokov-said-about-other-writers/

>> No.11091533

>>11091157
who did he actually praise?

>> No.11091888

I also finished Lolita recently. I liked it so much that I'm planning on making my way through all the rest of his novels in chronological order.