文学评论经典。《俄罗斯文学讲稿（读者期待已久的书）》是在俄裔美籍大作家纳博科夫在美国康奈尔大学讲授俄罗斯文学课程时讲稿的基础上整理而成的。分别对俄罗斯的七位重要作家果戈理、屠格涅夫、陀斯妥耶夫斯基、托尔斯泰、契诃夫和高尔基及其重要作品作深入的讲解和分析。这些讲稿较为全面地反映了作者的文学价值观，同时显示出相当独特的文学分析方法，具有很高的价值。

For two decades, first at Wellesley and then at Cornell, Nabokov introduced undergraduates to the delights of great fiction. Here, collected for the first time, are his famous lectures, which include Mansfield Park, Bleak House, and Ulysses. Edited and with a Foreword by Fredson Bowers; Introduction by John Updike; illustrations.

A rich evocation of Nabokov's life and times, even as it offers incisive insights into his major works, including LOLITA, PNIN, DESPAIR, THE GIFT and others.

《普宁》是纳博科夫第一部引起美国读者广泛注意和欢迎的小说。它描述一个流亡的俄国老教授在美国一家学府教书的生活。他性格温厚而怪癖，与周围环境格格不入，常受同事的嘲弄，妻子也离弃了他。他子然一身，只得沉溺于故纸堆，钻研俄罗斯古文化和古典文学聊以自慰；时时刻刻回忆往事，流露出一股浓重的乡愁。纳博科夫把俄罗斯文化和现代美国文明巧妙地融合在一起，诙谐而机智地刻画了一个失去了祖国、隔断了和祖国文化的联系、又失去了爱情的背井离乡的苦恼人。