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It is a considerable revision of his first partial. The book was published in multiple languages including english, consists of 255 pages and is available in paperback format. Nabokov translated into russian and revised the original work as drugiye. The main characters of this literature, cultural story are. An autobiography revisited covers thirtyseven of nabokovs first fortyone years, from august, 1903, to may, 1940.
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