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Pale Fire

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A novel constructed around the last great poem of a fictional American poet, John Shade, and an account of his death. The poem appears in full and the narrative develops through the lengthy, and increasingly eccentric, notes by his posthumous editor.

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Pale Fire, Vladimir Nabokov

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1992
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Language
English
Publisher
Everyman
Released
1992
Format
Hardcover
ISBN10
1857150678
ISBN13
9781857150674
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First published
1962
Original title
Pale Fire
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A novel constructed around the last great poem of a fictional American poet, John Shade, and an account of his death. The poem appears in full and the narrative develops through the lengthy, and increasingly eccentric, notes by his posthumous editor.