The Princess of Montpensier and Other Stories_ , translated by R. R. M. Price and Anthea Bell (New York: Penguin Books, 2012), p. xxv. 3. Ibid., pp. xxxii–xxxiii. 4. Ibid., pp. xxvi, xxxvi. 5. Ibid., p. xxxii. 6. Erika Benshoff, "The Realism of Nabokov," in A Companion to Nabokov, edited by Brian Boyd (Oxford: Blackwell, 2007), p. 72. 7. See Erika Benshoff, _Reading Nabokov: A Critical Companion_ (New York: Columbia University Press, 2006), pp. 3–4. 8. Vladimir Nabokov, _The Collected Stories_ (New York: Vintage, 1990), pp. xv–xvii. 9. Ibid., p. xviii. 10. Ibid., p. xxxiii. 11. Ibid., p. xviii. 12. Ibid., p. xxxi. 13. Ibid., pp. xxix, xlviii. 14. Vladimir Nabokov, _Pale Fire_ (New York: Vintage, 1989), pp. 53, 34, 44. 15. Ibid., p. 32. 16. Vladimir Nabokov, _Look at the Harlequins!_ (New York: Vintage, 1989), p. 45. 17. Vladimir Nabokov, _Laughter in the Dark_ (New York: Vintage, 1989), pp. 55, 58, 69–70, 76–77, 112–13, 165, 170–71, 190–91. 18. Vladimir Nabokov, _Ada or Ardor: A Family Chronicle_ (New York: McGraw-Hill, 1987), p. 16. 19. Ibid., p. 41. 20. Ibid., p. 60. 21. Vladimir Nabokov, _Invitation to a Beheading_ (New York: Vintage, 1989), p. 69. 22. Ibid., pp. 80–82. 23. Vladimir Nabokov, _The Defense_ (New York: Vintage, 1989), pp. 18, 14, 23. 24. Vladimir Nabokov, _Bend Sinister_ (New York: Vintage, 1989), pp. 17, 27, 30, 35. 25. Ibid., p. 21. 26. Ibid., pp. 31, 54, 75. 27. Ibid., pp. 40, 46. 28. Vladimir Nabokov, _Lolita_ (New York: Vintage, 1989), pp. 13–17, 20, 24–25, 32, 56, 60–61, 64, 66. 29. Vladimir Nabokov, _Invitation to a Beheading_ , p. 89. 30. Vladimir Nabokov, _The Defense_ , p. 48. 31. Ibid., pp. 64–66. 32. Ibid., pp. 75, 76, 79–80, 87. 33. Vladimir Nabokov, _Lolita_ , pp. 101–2. 34. Vladimir Nabokov, _The Defense_ , p. 86. 35. Vladimir Nabokov, _Ada or Ardor_ , pp. 3–4, 12–13. 36. Ibid., p. 5. 37. Ibid., p. 4. 38. Ibid., p. 6. 39. Vladimir Nabokov, _Invitation to a Beheading_ , p. 34. 40. Ibid., pp. 39, 40, 42. 41. Vladimir Nabokov, _The Defense_ , pp. 46–47. 42. Ibid., p. 47. 43. Vladimir Nabokov, _Bend Sinister_ , p. 55. 44. Ibid., p. 55. 45. Vladimir Nabokov, _Ada or Ardor_ , p. 15. 46. Ibid., p. 23. 47. Vladimir Nabokov, _The Defense_ , p. 75. 48. Vladimir Nabokov, _Pale Fire_ , p. 7. 49. Vladimir Nabokov, _Ada or Ardor_ , p. 18. 50. Vladimir Nabokov, _The Defense_ , p. 74. 51. Vladimir Nabokov, _Ada or Ardor_ , pp. 41–42, 64. 52. Vladimir Nabokov, _Invitation to a Beheading_ , pp. 18, 52–53. 53. Vladimir Nabokov, _Bend Sinister_ , p. 60. 54. Vladimir Nabokov, _The Defense_ , pp. 61, 64–65, 70. 55. Vladimir Nabokov, _Lolita_ , p. 61. 56. Vladimir Nabokov, _Laughter in the Dark_ , p. 53. 57. Vladimir Nabokov, _The Defense_ , p. 82. 58. Ibid., pp. 93–94. 59. Vladimir Nabokov, _Lolita_ , p.