Revenge

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A bashful dragon, a lost wood-sprite, the prophet Elijah and the Devil disguised as a middle-aged woman appear in these playful, exuberant stories by Vladimir Nabokov. So do a vengeful husband, a barber confronting his torturer and the author himself, as he recalls his first love. Each of the 13 tales here enchants and enraptures us, only to gleefully confound our expectations.

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90 Classic titles celebrating 90 years of Penguin Books

‘And this is fantasy, the flutter, the rapture of fantasy!’

A bashful dragon, a lost wood-sprite, the prophet Elijah and the Devil disguised as a middle-aged woman appear in these playful, exuberant stories by Vladimir Nabokov. So do a vengeful husband, a barber confronting his torturer and the author himself, as he recalls his first love. Each of the thirteen tales here enchants and enraptures us, only to gleefully confound our expectations.

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Weight 100 g
Dimensions 18 × 11 × 0.9 cm
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Publisher

Imprint

Cover

Paperback

Pages

160

Language

English

Edition

|Short stories

Dewey

891.7344 (edition:23)

Readership

General – Trade / Code: K

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