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Lolita by vladimir nabokov, 97818571536, available at book depository with free delivery worldwide. The shipping time to australia is 58 business days from the uk. In 1916, nabokov published his first book, stikhi poems, a collection of 68 russian poems. He studied french and russian literature at trinity college, cambridge, then lived in berlin and paris, where he launched a brilliant literary career. But on its launch in 1955, france became the first in a line of countries to ban lolita, followed by argentina, new zealand, south africa and australia where. Novels 19551962 by brian boyd, 9781883011192, available at book depository with free delivery worldwide. Lolita by vladimir nabokov, 9780241951644, available at book depository with free delivery worldwide. But cincinnatus, the hero of invitation to a beheading, has an endless pathos all his own. Part of a major new series of the works of vladimir nabokov, author of lolita and pale fire, in penguin classics. The book depository was acquired by amazon in 2011. Collected poems by vladimir nabokov, 9780141197173, available at book depository with free delivery worldwide.