Hello,

I just found this list, and so far the archives have been an excellent resource. I'm glad you've all contributed so much, and seemingly are as tickled by Nabokov as I am.

This may seem tangential, but having gone through Nabokov's canon (save a few short stories and the Pushkin translation (a shocking gap, I know)), I now suspect that it would be most helpful to understand the Russia that he was coming out of. So, if anyone has recommendations of books of Russian history, or the Symbolist tradition he came out of, I would most appreciate it.

Regards,
Steven Somerset

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