num_pages: 315
description: A novel constructed around the last great poem of a fictional American poet, John Shade, and an account of his death. The poem appears in full and the narrative develops through the lengthy, and increasingly eccentric, notes by his posthumous editor.
language: English
title: Pale Fire
titlecomplete: Pale Fire
characters: Sybil (Nabokov), Botkin, Gradus, John Shade, Judge Goldsworth, Charles Kinbote, Jack Grey
genres: Fiction, Russian Literature, 20th Century, Classics, American, Russia, Literary Fiction, Literature, Poetry, Novels
ratings_count: 49117
places: Zembla, New Wye, Appalachia, Cedarn, Utana
awards: awardedAt: -220896000000
name: National Book Award Finalist
category: Fiction
publisher: Everyman's Library