Letters to Véra
By: Vladimir Nabokov ; translated and edited by Olga Voronina and Brian Boyd
Contributors: Voronina, Olʹga (Olʹga I︠U︡revna), translator; Boyd, Brian, 1952- translator
Publisher: Penguin Classics; Penguin Books Ltd
Published: 2014
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 797
ISBN-13: 9780141192239
Subjects: Correspondence; Russian Authors; Family
Work titles: Correspondence
Description: No marriage of a major twentieth-century writer lasted longer than Vladimir Nabokov's. Vera 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 Vera 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.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 731-736) and index.

Translated from the Russian.