''Nine Stories'' is an English-language collection of short stories written in Russian, French, and English by

Vladimir Nabokov Vladimir Vladimirovich Nabokov ( ; 2 July 1977), also known by the pen name Vladimir Sirin (), was a Russian and American novelist, poet, translator, and entomologist. Born in Imperial Russia in 1899, Nabokov wrote his first nine novels in Rus ...

. It was published in December 1947 by New Directions in New York City, as the second issue of a serial, ''Direction''. The nine stories are: * "

The Aurelian "The Aurelian" is a short story first written in Russian as ''Pil'gram'' by Vladimir Nabokov during his exile in Berlin in 1930. After translation by Nabokov and Peter Pertzov it was published in English in ''The Atlantic Monthly'' in 1941. ''The ...

" (a translation by Nabokov and Peter Pertzov of "Pil'gram") * "

Cloud, Castle, Lake ''Cloud, Castle, Lake'' is a short story anthology by Vladimir Nabokov. It contains five stories: "The Admiralty Spire," "Razor," "A Russian Beauty," "Cloud, Castle, Lake," and "Signs and Symbols "Signs and Symbols" is a short story by Vladimi ...

" (a translation by Nabokov and Peter Pertzov of "Oblako, ozero, bashnia") * "

Spring in Fialta "Spring in Fialta" is a short story written by Vladimir Nabokov in 1936, originally as ''Весна в Фиальте (Vesna v Fial'te)'' in Russian, during his exile in Berlin. The English translation was performed by Nabokov and Peter Pertzov. ''S ...

" (a translation by Nabokov and Peter Pertzov of "Vesna v Fialte") * "

Mademoiselle O "Mademoiselle O" is a memoir by Vladimir Nabokov about his eccentric Swiss-French governess. Publication history It was first written and published in French in '' Mesures'' (vol. 2, no. 2, 1936) and subsequently in English (translated ...

" (a translation by VN with Hilda Ward from the French) * "A Forgotten Poet" * "The Assistant Producer" * " That in Aleppo Once..." * "Time and Ebb" * "Double Talk" (retitled "Conversation Piece 1945" in ''Nabokov's Dozen'' and later) No further edition of the book was ever published; all nine stories subsequently reappeared in ''

Nabokov's Dozen ''Nabokov's Dozen'' is a 1958 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 N ...

'', and much later in ''

The Stories of Vladimir Nabokov ''The Stories of Vladimir Nabokov'' (in some British editions, ''The Collected Stories'') is a posthumous collection of every known short story that Vladimir Nabokov ever wrote, with the exception of "The Enchanter". In the current printing of thi ...

''.

References

1947 short story collections Short story collections by Vladimir Nabokov New Directions Publishing books {{1940s-story-collection-stub