num_pages: 315
description: In Pale Fire Nabokov offers a cornucopia of deceptive pleasures: a 999-line poem by the reclusive genius John Shade; an adoring foreword and commentary by Shade's self-styled Boswell, Dr. Charles Kinbote; a darkly comic novel of suspense, literary idolatry and one-upmanship, and political intrigue.
language: English
title: Pale Fire
titlecomplete: Pale Fire
characters: John Shade, Judge Goldsworth, Gradus, Botkin, Jack Grey, Charles Kinbote, Sybil (Nabokov)
genres: 20th Century, Literature, American, Classics, Literary Fiction, Novels, Russian Literature, Russia, Fiction, Poetry
ratings_count: 49140
places: Cedarn, Utana, Zembla, New Wye, Appalachia
awards: awardedAt: -220896000000
name: National Book Award Finalist
category: Fiction
publisher: Vintage