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Pale Fire is a 1962 novel by Vladimir Nabokov. The novel is presented as a 999-line poem titled "Pale Fire", written by the fictional poet John Shade, with a foreword, lengthy commentary, and index written by Shade's neighbor and academic colleague, Charles Kinbote. Together these elements form a narrative in which both fictional authors are central…
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| Subject | Predicate | Object | Confidence | Src |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pale Fire | Author | Vladimir Nabokov | 1.00 | infobox |
| Pale Fire | Genre | Metafiction | 1.00 | infobox |
| Pale Fire | Language | English | 1.00 | infobox |
| Pale Fire | OCLC | 289702 | 1.00 | infobox |
| Pale Fire | Pages | 315 | 1.00 | infobox |
| Pale Fire | Publication date | 1962 (corrected edition first published by Vintage International, 1989) | 1.00 | infobox |
| Pale Fire | Publication place | United States | 1.00 | infobox |
| Pale Fire | Publisher | G. P. Putnam's Sons | 1.00 | infobox |
| Pale Fire | is a | 1962 novel by Vladimir Nabokov | 0.90 | text |
| the relationship among the characters | instance of | focusing on traditional aspects of fiction | 0.80 | text |
| The Prisoner of Zenda | instance of | may evoke popular fantasy literature about royalty | 0.80 | text |
| Pale Fire | related to Allusions and references | The | 0.60 | section |
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