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Speak, Memory: An Autobiography Revisited

by Vladimir Nabokov

A memoir shaped by family, exile, and education

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A memoir shaped by family, exile, and education

In *Speak, Memory*, Vladimir Nabokov looks back on his family life and adolescence, then traces the upheavals that took him from flight from Bolshevik terror to education in England. The memoir’s scope links private recollection with the historical rupture of leaving Russia. First published in 1951 as *Conclusive Evidence*, it was revised and republished in 1966, giving this edition’s title a history of its own.

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  • Readers interested in Vladimir Nabokov’s life and literary biography
  • Readers seeking memoirs about family, adolescence, and displacement
  • Readers interested in the experiences of Russian émigrés and education in England

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Family and memoryAdolescenceExile and political upheavalEducation

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From one of the 20th century's great writers comes one of the finest autobiographies of our time. - "Scintillating ... One finds here amazing glimpses into the life of a world that has vanished forever." --The New York Times

Speak, Memory was first published by Vladimir Nabokov in 1951 as Conclusive Evidence and then assiduously revised and republished in 1966. Nabokov's memoir is a moving account of a loving, civilized family, of adolescent awakenings, flight from Bolshevik terror, education in England, and
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