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Pale FireVladimir Nabokov
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Pale Fire

315 pagesFirst published 194535 editions · 4 languages
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A 999 line poem in heroic couplets, divided into 4 cantos, was composed--according to Nabokov's fiction--by John Francis Shade, an obsessively methodical man, during the last 20 days of his life.

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Editions

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FormatPublisherYearPagesISBN
EditionOrion Publishing Group, Limited2022—9781474620871
PaperbackRowohlt Taschenbuch2018—9783499273902
EditionBrilliance Audio2015—9781501265112
EditionPenguin Books, Limited2012—9780141197241
EditionPenguin Books, Limited2012—9780141912868
HardcoverMuza20113009788374958608
EditionBrilliance Audio2010—9781441872784
EditionBrilliance Audio2010—9781441872791
Hardcover · spaRBA20093189788447364411
Edition · chiShanghai yi wen chu ban she20083679787532742783
Paperback · spaAnagrama20063129788433960085
PaperbackAdelphi2002—9788845917325
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