Nabokov's Dozen

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First edition (publ. Doubleday)

Nabokov's Dozen (1958) a collection of 13 short stories by Vladimir Nabokov previously published in American magazines. (Nine of them also previously appeared in Nine Stories .)

All were later reprinted within The Stories of Vladimir Nabokov .

Two stories, First Love ( as Colette) and Mademoiselle O are also included in Nabokov's Speak, Memory .

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