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Pale Fire

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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Author
Vladimir Nabokov
Genre
Metafiction
Publication date
1962 (corrected edition first published by Vintage International, 1989)
Publisher
G. P. Putnam's Sons
Language
English
Pages
315

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Pale Fire

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Edges138
Triples141
Avg. degree1.99
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Pale Fire

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related to Interpretations · 36
Pale Fire → Alfred Appel, American, Barton Johnson, Botkin, Botkine, Boyd, Brian Boyd, Charles Kinbote, Commentary, For, Goldsworth, Gradus, Grey, Hazel Shade's, He, In, Jack Grey, John Shade, Judge Goldsworth, Kinbote
related to Novel structure · 21
Pale Fire → Appalachia, Both, Cedarn, Charles Kinbote, Espen Aarseth, Europe, February, Focusing, Here, John Shade, July, Kinbote, Kinbote's, New Wye, October, Shade, Starting, The, Thus, Utana
related to Further reading · 20
Pale Fire → Ada, David, Edinburgh, Endellion Press, Fiction, ISBN, King, Michael, Nabokov, Princeton, Princeton University Press, Risks, See, The Magician's Doubts, The Novels, The Poet, Vernon, Vladimir Nabokov, Wood, Zembla
related to Reception and legacy · 16
Pale Fire → According, Alfred Chester, Anthony Burgess, Dwight Macdonald, English-language, Kinbote, Macdonald, Mary McCarthy's, McCarthy, McCarthy's, Nabokov's, Norman Page, She, Some, Time's, Vintage
related to Explanation of the title · 14
Pale Fire → Act, Act IV, And, As Nabokov, Athens, Ghost, Hamlet, John Shade's, Kinbote, Shakespeare's Timon, Some, The, Timonian, Zemblan
related to Allusions and references · 12
Pale Fire → Hurricane Lolita, John Shade's, Like, Nabokov, Nabokov's, Pnin, Russian, Solus Rex, The, There, Thule, Ultima Thule
related to External links · 11
Pale Fire → Archived, Bach, BBC Radio, Contains, Interactive Hypermedia Pale Fire, International Vladimir Nabokov Society, Nabokov's, Shockwave Player, Summary, Wayback Machine, Zembla
Author · 1
Pale Fire → Vladimir Nabokov
Genre · 1
Pale Fire → Metafiction
Language · 1
Pale Fire → English

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pale fire poem kinbote nabokov shade novel zembla john shade's charles including book nabokov's story many first vladimir kinbote's readers

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Pale FireGenreMetafiction1.00infobox
Pale FireLanguageEnglish1.00infobox
Pale FireOCLC2897021.00infobox
Pale FirePages3151.00infobox
Pale FirePublication date1962 (corrected edition first published by Vintage International, 1989)1.00infobox
Pale FirePublication placeUnited States1.00infobox
Pale FirePublisherG. P. Putnam's Sons1.00infobox
Pale Fireis a1962 novel by Vladimir Nabokov0.90text
the relationship among the charactersinstance offocusing on traditional aspects of fiction0.80text
The Prisoner of Zendainstance ofmay evoke popular fantasy literature about royalty0.80text
Pale Firerelated to Allusions and referencesThe0.60section

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