The Gift by Vladimir Nabokov

The Gift

Vladimir Nabokov

411 pages first pub 1938 (editions) user-added

fiction classics challenging reflective slow-paced
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From the dazzling author of Lolita comes this superbly wrought novel of people driven by the demands of memory and desire, the spirit and the flesh, as they struggle to find themselves in the strange half-world of a foreign city...

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Community Reviews

3.78
based on 311 reviews

Moods

reflective: 84%

challenging: 53%

emotional: 23%

funny: 15%

mysterious: 15%

adventurous: 7%

dark: 7%

hopeful: 7%

informative: 7%

relaxing: 7%

sad: 7%


Pace

25% of readers chose medium
75% of readers chose slow
medium
slow

Plot or character driven?

87% of readers chose Character
12% of readers chose N/A
Character
N/A

Strong character development?

33% of readers chose Yes
22% of readers chose Complicated
44% of readers chose No
Yes
Complicated
No

Loveable characters?

20% of readers chose Yes
20% of readers chose Complicated
50% of readers chose No
10% of readers chose N/A
Yes
Complicated
No
N/A

Diverse cast of characters?

22% of readers chose Complicated
66% of readers chose No
11% of readers chose N/A
Complicated
No
N/A

Flaws of characters a main focus?

66% of readers chose Yes
11% of readers chose Complicated
11% of readers chose No
11% of readers chose N/A
Yes
Complicated
No
N/A

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