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Tragedii︠a︡ gospodina Morna

by Vladimir Nabokov, Anastasia Tolstoy, Thomas Karshan

Cover of Tragedii︠a︡ gospodina Morna
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Written when he was only 24, this is Nabokov's earliest major work and his only full-length play, presented here for the first time in English, the story of which involves an incognito king whose love for the wife of a banished revolutionary brings on the chaos the king has fought to prevent.

DramaRussian dramaKings and rulersTranslations into EnglishRevolutionariesCriticism and interpretationAmerican dramaHistory and criticismNew York Times reviewedSlavic philology