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1. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Véra_NabokovVéra Nabokov - Wikipedia

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   Véra Yevseyevna Nabokova (née Slonim, Russian: Ве́ра Евсе́евна Набо́кова; 5 January 1902 – 7 April 1991) was the wife, editor, and translator of Russian writer Vladimir Nabokov, and a source of inspiration for many of his works.

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     ‘Letters to Véra,’ by Vladimir Nabokov

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3. lithub.com › the-enduring-enigma-of-vera-nabokovThe Enduring Enigma of Véra Nabokov ‹ Literary Hub

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   Jun 28, 2018 · In Véra (Mrs. Vladimir Nabokov), Stacey Schiff characterizes this destruction a question of “merit”: “His words, even his private ones, had a value for posterity. She felt strongly that hers did not.”

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4. www.newyorker.com › books › page-turnerVéra Nabokov Was the First and Greatest Champion of “Lolita”

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   Mar 5, 2021 · Long before most of her husband’s readers, Véra Nabokov understood the novel’s title character not as a nymph but as a tragic heroine.

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6. www.newyorker.com › magazine › 2015/11/16Nabokov’s Silent Partner | The New Yorker

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   Nov 8, 2015 · Véra and Vladimir Nabokov were married for fifty-two years—a record, apparently, among literary couples—and their intimacy was nearly hermetic. When they were apart, he pined for her...

7. hudsonreview.com › 2016 › 05“My Dear Eyes”: Nabokov’s Letters to Véra | The Hudson Review

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   Odd as it may seem, Véra Evseyevna Nabokov, née Slonim—the love of the author’s life from 1923 until his death in 1977—lies behind the portrait of Liza. Véra had those luminous light blue eyes, those fine feline lines when she smiled, that snow-and-rose complexion, but not Liza’s brown hair or thick ankles, and not a trace of her vulgarity.

8. www.themarginalian.org › 2015/05/08 › vladimirThe Encounter: How Young Vladimir Nabokov ... - The Marginalian

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   May 8, 2015 · The woman was 21-year-old Véra Slonim and the man 24-year-old Vladimir Nabokov, and with this Shakespearean encounter began one of history’s greatest romances. Nabokov had just emerged from the heartbreak of his first great love and was still raw with grief over his father’s death.

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   Who is Véra Evseyevna Nabokov?

   • Odd as it may seem, Véra Evseyevna Nabokov, née Slonim—the love of the author’s life from 1923 until his death in 1977—lies behind the portrait of Liza. Véra had those luminous light blue eyes, those fine feline lines when she smiled, that snow-and-rose complexion, but not Liza’s brown hair or thick ankles, and not a trace of her vulgarity.

   “My Dear Eyes”: Nabokov’s Letters to Véra | The Hudson Review

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   How long did Vladimir Nabokov and Véra have a relationship?

   • Amid marital discord, Vladimir wrote to Véra, “I forbid you to be miserable.” Courtesy Estate of Vladimir Nabokov Véra and Vladimir Nabokov were married for fifty-two years—a record, apparently, among literary couples—and their intimacy was nearly hermetic. When they were apart, he pined for her grievously.

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   Did Véra Slonim marry Vladimir Nabokov?

   • In the pantheon of literary marriages, Véra Slonim’s to Vladimir Nabokov is remarkable for the consistency of its mutual devotion: his to her; her to his work. The Nabokovs were married for 52 years, and Boyd writes that “they seemed like young lovers even in their sixties and seventies.”

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   Did Nabokov fold his umbrella?

   • Nabokov didn’t even fold his umbrella. Véra licked his stamps for him.” Véra is now perhaps most famous for having saved an early draft of Lolita from an incinerator, but it’s in these individually unremarkable anecdotes, these dreary lists, that the force of her everyday necessity is most powerfully felt.

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10. books.google.com › books › aboutVéra: (Mrs. Vladimir Nabokov) - Stacy Schiff - Google Books

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    Feb 23, 2011 · Véra. : Stacy Schiff brings to shimmering life one of the greatest literary love stories of our time: Vladimir Nabokov, émigré author of Lolita; Pale Fire; and Speak, Memory, and his...