Letters to Véra | Agenda Bookshop Skip to content
Online orders placed from 19/12 onward will not arrive in time for Christmas.
Online orders placed from 19/12 onward will not arrive in time for Christmas.
A01=Vladimir Nabokov
Age Group_Uncategorized
Age Group_Uncategorized
Author_Vladimir Nabokov
automatic-update
B01=Brian Boyd
B01=Olga Voronina
B06=Brian Boyd
B06=Olga Voronina
Category1=Non-Fiction
Category=BGLA
Category=BJ
COP=United Kingdom
Delivery_Delivery within 10-20 working days
Language_English
PA=Available
Price_€10 to €20
PS=Active
SN=Penguin Modern Classics
softlaunch

Letters to Véra

3.96 (742 ratings by Goodreads)

English

By (author): Vladimir Nabokov

Translated by: Brian Boyd, Olga Voronina

GUARDIAN BOOKS OF THE YEAR 2014

No marriage of a major twentieth-century writer lasted longer than Vladimir Nabokov's. Véra Slonim shared his delight at the enchantment of life's trifles and literature's treasures, and he rated her as having the best and quickest sense of humour of any woman he had met. From their meeting in 1921, Vladimir's letters to his beloved Véra form a narrative arc that tells a forty-six year-long love story, and they are memorable in their entirety. Almost always playful, romantic, and pithy, the letters tell us much about the man and the writer; we see that Vladimir observed everything, from animals, faces, speech, and landscapes with genuine fascination.

See more
Current price €16.99
Original price €19.99
Save 15%
A01=Vladimir NabokovAge Group_UncategorizedAuthor_Vladimir Nabokovautomatic-updateB01=Brian BoydB01=Olga VoroninaB06=Brian BoydB06=Olga VoroninaCategory1=Non-FictionCategory=BGLACategory=BJCOP=United KingdomDelivery_Delivery within 10-20 working daysLanguage_EnglishPA=AvailablePrice_€10 to €20PS=ActiveSN=Penguin Modern Classicssoftlaunch
Delivery/Collection within 10-20 working days
Product Details
  • Weight: 645g
  • Dimensions: 130 x 197mm
  • Publication Date: 04 Feb 2016
  • Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
  • Publication City/Country: United Kingdom
  • Language: English
  • ISBN13: 9780141192246

About Vladimir Nabokov

Vladimir Nabokov (Author) Vladimir Nabokov (1899-1977) born in St Petersburg exiled in Cambridge Berlin and Paris became the greatest Russian writer of the first half of the twentieth century. Fleeing to the US with his family in 1940 he then became the greatest writer in English of the second half of the century and even 'God's own novelist' (William Deresiewicz). He lived in Europe from 1959 onwards and died in Montreux Switzerland. All his major works - novels stories an autobiography poems plays lectures essays and reviews - are published in Penguin Modern Classics.Brian Boyd (External Editor Translator) Brian Boyd University Distinguished Professor of English University of Auckland has long been associated with the work of Vladimir Nabokov as annotator bibliographer biographer critic editor translator and more. His works have appeared in nineteen languages and won awards on four continents.

We use cookies to ensure that we give you the best experience on our website. If you continue we'll assume that you are understand this. Learn more
Accept