About this episode
Vladimir Nabokov is best known for writing the highly controversial yet critically revered novel, Lolita. But the book might never have made it onto the shelves were it not for the other Nabokov—Vladimir's enigmatic and elusive wife, Véra.
Starring: D’Arcy Carden as Véra Nabokov and Dan Bucatinsky as Vladimir Nabokov
Source list:
Véra by Stacy Schiff
Letters to Véra by Vladimir Nabokov, Ed: Olga Voronina and Brian Boyd
Vladimir Nabokov, The Russian Years by Brian Boyd
Vladimir Nabokov, The American Years by Brian Boyd
Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov
Lectures on Literature by Vladimir Nabokov, Ed: Fredson Bowers
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