Listen free for 30 days
Listen with offer
-
The Stories of Vladimir Nabokov
- Narrated by: Arthur Morey
- Length: 31 hrs and 38 mins
Failed to add items
Add to basket failed.
Add to wishlist failed.
Remove from wishlist failed.
Adding to library failed
Follow podcast failed
Unfollow podcast failed
£0.00 for first 30 days
The Stories of Vladimir Nabokov
Buy Now for £25.99
No valid payment method on file.
We are sorry. We are not allowed to sell this product with the selected payment method
Summary
From Vladimir Nabokov, the writer who shocked and delighted the world with his novels Lolita, Pale Fire, and Ada, or Ardor, comes a magnificent collection of stories. Written between the 1920s and the 1950s, these 68 tales — 14 of which have been translated into English for the first time - display all the shades of Nabokov’s imagination. They range from sprightly fables to bittersweet tales of loss, from claustrophobic exercises in horror to a connoisseur’s samplings of the table of human folly. Read as a whole, The Stories of Vladimir Nabokov offers an intoxicating draft of the master’s genius, his devious wit, and his ability to turn language into an instrument of ecstasy.
This edition includes the newly discovered story “Natasha.”
Listeners also enjoyed...
Critic reviews
What listeners say about The Stories of Vladimir Nabokov
Average customer ratingsReviews - Please select the tabs below to change the source of reviews.
-
Overall3 out of 5 stars
-
Performance1 out of 5 stars
-
Story5 out of 5 stars
- Nigel Warburton
- 03-06-19
Worst Narration Ever
The narrator is emotionless and stolid; I therefore can't get through the brilliant stories.
Why do publishers inflict this in audio? Especially on an audience like the UK, why not Jonathan Kebble, Simon Vance, Stephen Fry, Jeremy Irons, Kate Winslet, Emma Thompson or any actor able to emote and speak in a clear variable intonation about a clearly interesting topic? So many books it's the same bottom line thought that it's cheaper to have one narrator so UK can just be shelled out the American one! But it makes it like getting through mud to me.
Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
You voted on this review!
You reported this review!
3 people found this helpful
-
Overall5 out of 5 stars
-
Performance4 out of 5 stars
-
Story5 out of 5 stars
- kathleen m dineen
- 25-06-23
fantastic
unbelievable fantastically throbbing haze dragons and midgets and Ophanim gry signs and symbols i listen often
Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
You voted on this review!
You reported this review!
-
Overall2 out of 5 stars
-
Performance1 out of 5 stars
-
Story5 out of 5 stars
- CMacV
- 17-11-15
Outstanding stories let down by reader performance
What could have made this a 4 or 5-star listening experience for you?
I was looking forward to listening to these stories from the Master of English prose - unfortunately the reader has a mid Atlantic style which is a tad robotic and emotionless. After 10 mins this becomes irritating - after 20 it becomes unlistenable. Big shame!
Any additional comments?
I intend to return this purchase.
Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
You voted on this review!
You reported this review!
5 people found this helpful
-
Overall2 out of 5 stars
-
Performance1 out of 5 stars
-
Story5 out of 5 stars
- mr matthew rung
- 07-12-16
Disappointing
Sensational collection of stories but let down enormously by the robotic sounding voice which lacks emotion.
Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
You voted on this review!
You reported this review!
10 people found this helpful
-
Overall1 out of 5 stars
- Paul
- 10-07-11
Dissapiointing Narration
Whilst Nabokov is brilliant, the greatness of these writings is undermined by the narration. Very bland and uninspired. Narration of dialogue is particularly weak, and with a series as long as this one, it made me lose interest very quickly. I doubt if I'll even both to finish listening to it because of this.
Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
You voted on this review!
You reported this review!
13 people found this helpful