[ENGL 2201] - Final Exam Guide - Ultimate 48 pages long Study Guide!

• School: Carleton University
• Department: English
• Course: ENGL 2201
• Professor: Andrew Wallace

Document Summary

Inherited personal fortune and estate from uncle at age 17. Born 1899 in saint petersburg, capital of tzarist russia. Father"s family in aristocracy, mother rich- privileged childhood. 1917 bolshevik revolution- nabokovs lost everything, were in exile. Studied russian and french at cambridge, then settled in berlin. Met future wife named vera, a russian jew. Became prominent russian novelist living in berlin. Vera gave birth to their only son, dimitri. Nabokov exiled again, by hitler coming to power. Moved to paris, but he and his family had to flee to usa. Nabokov gave up writing in russian, pushed self to write in english for. Great fact- became one of best stylists in both russian and english. Struggled to support family in usa, had to teach russian, european and. Published novels and stories and poems in magazines like new yorker. Lepidoptery- became obsessed with butterflies, did work at harvard.