An edition of Pale Fire
(1945)
Pale fire
a novel
1st Vintage international ed.
by Vladimir Nabokov
- 110 Want to read
- 7 Currently reading
- 13 Have read
Share
×Close
Last edited by WikidataBot
June 2, 2025 | History
Nabokov's parody, half poem and half commentary on the poem, deals with the escapades of the deposed king of Zemala in a New England college town.
Check nearby libraries
Buy this book
Previews available in: English Russian
Subjects
Immigrants, Fiction, Kings and rulers, Assassination, American poetry, New York Times reviewed, Continental european fiction (fictional works by one author), American literature, Kings and rulersxAssassination, Authors in literature, Écrivains dans la littérature, Experimental fiction, Russian fiction, Translations into English| Edition | Availability |
|---|---|
01
|
zzzz
|
02
|
zzzz
|
03
|
zzzz
|
|
04
|
zzzz
|
|
05
|
zzzz
|
06
|
zzzz
|
07
|
zzzz
|
08
|
zzzz
|
09
|
zzzz
|
|
10
|
zzzz
|
11
|
zzzz
|
12
|
zzzz
|
13
|
zzzz
|
|
14
|
zzzz
|
15
|
eeee
|
|
16
|
zzzz
|
|
17
|
zzzz
|
18
|
eeee
|
19
|
zzzz
|
|
20
|
zzzz
|
21
|
zzzz
|
|
22
|
zzzz
|
23
|
zzzz
|
|
24
|
zzzz
|
25
Pale fire: a novel
1989, Vintage Books
in English
- 1st Vintage international ed.
0679723420 9780679723424
|
aaaa
|
26
|
zzzz
|
|
27
|
zzzz
|
28
|
cccc
|
|
29
|
zzzz
|
30
|
zzzz
|
31
|
zzzz
|
32
|
cccc
|
33
|
eeee
|
34
|
zzzz
|
|
35
|
zzzz
|
|
36
|
zzzz
|
37
|
zzzz
|
38
|
eeee
|
|
39
|
zzzz
|
40
|
eeee
|
|
41
|
zzzz
|
42
|
zzzz
|
|
43
|
zzzz
|
|
44
|
zzzz
|
|
45
|
zzzz
|
|
46
|
zzzz
|
|
47
|
zzzz
|
|
48
|
zzzz
|
|
49
|
zzzz
|
|
50
|
zzzz
|
51
|
eeee
|
52
|
eeee
|
|
53
|
zzzz
|
|
54
|
zzzz
|
|
55
|
zzzz
|
|
56
|
zzzz
|
|
57
|
zzzz
|
|
58
|
zzzz
|
Book Details
Edition Notes
Includes index.
Classifications
External Links
The Physical Object
Edition Identifiers
Work Identifiers
Source records
Work Description
A 999 line poem in heroic couplets, divided into 4 cantos, was composed--according to Nabokov's fiction--by John Francis Shade, an obsessively methodical man, during the last 20 days of his life.
Links outside Open Library
Community Reviews (0)
Lists
History
- Created April 1, 2008
- 15 revisions
Wikipedia citation
×CloseCopy and paste this code into your Wikipedia page. Need help?
| June 2, 2025 | Edited by WikidataBot | [sync_edition_olids] add wikidata identifier |
| May 19, 2025 | Edited by MARC Bot | import existing book |
| March 9, 2025 | Edited by MARC Bot | import existing book |
| January 27, 2022 | Edited by ImportBot | import existing book |
| April 1, 2008 | Created by an anonymous user | Imported from Scriblio MARC record |