King, Queen, Knave
by Nabokov, Vladimir
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- ISBN 10
- 0679723404
- ISBN 13
- 9780679723400
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Vintage. New Book. Paperback. 288 pp.
The author of Lolita writes a story of interfamilial seduction and betrayal. The wife of a wealthy and boisterous proprietor of a male clothing emporium, Martha is repelled by her husband's oblivious passion and thirsts for their nephew.
The author of Lolita writes a story of interfamilial seduction and betrayal. The wife of a wealthy and boisterous proprietor of a male clothing emporium, Martha is repelled by her husband's oblivious passion and thirsts for their nephew.
Synopsis
Originally written in 1928, it was translated from Russian to English by Nabokov's son in 1968. The novel is the story of well-to-do Dreyer, who has a lovely but terriby cold wife, named Martha. Bored, manipulative Martha plots to make a lover of Dreyer's nephew, Franz, when he comes to work for Dreyer in Berlin.
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- Globus Books (US)
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- 10746
- Title
- King, Queen, Knave
- Author
- Nabokov, Vladimir
- Book Condition
- New
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 0679723404
- ISBN 13
- 9780679723400
- Publisher
- Vintage
- Place of Publication
- New York, New York, U.s.a.
- This edition first published
- 1989-07-17
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