# New Nabokov Novel Discovered

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**Created:** [November 22, 2008, 12:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-nabokov-novel-discovered/473936 "2008-11-22T00:55:15Z")\
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**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\
**Post date:** [November 22, 2008, 12:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-nabokov-novel-discovered/473936/1 "2008-11-22T00:55:15Z")

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I can’t find a reference online yet, but BBC TV is reporting Vladimir Nabokov’s last novel has been revealed. Titled _Laura_, it was kept in a vault since his death, and his family is just now bringing it out. Not sure, but from what I heard it sounds like it may be similar to _Lolita_.

Seems to have been a Franz Kafka situation. When he was about to die, Nabokov asked his family to burn it, but they could not bring themselves to do so.

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**Author:** ![Tuckerfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@Tuckerfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tuckerfan)\
**Post date:** [November 22, 2008, 1:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-nabokov-novel-discovered/473936/2 "2008-11-22T01:22:32Z")

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[Linky.](http://features.csmonitor.com/books/2008/11/19/nabokovs-last-book-comes-to-light/) Will be interesting to read, I think.

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**Author:** ![pseudotriton\_ruber\_ruber](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/a9a28c/32.png) [@pseudotriton\_ruber\_ruber](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pseudotriton_ruber_ruber)\
**Post date:** [November 22, 2008, 2:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-nabokov-novel-discovered/473936/3 "2008-11-22T02:55:19Z")

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Probably more interesting as a literary artifact than a novel. Everyone has crap he was working on when he died. This is his.

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**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\
**Post date:** [November 23, 2008, 2:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-nabokov-novel-discovered/473936/4 "2008-11-23T02:36:08Z")

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Depends on how much he had written. That it was spread out over index cards at the time of his death doesn’t sound promising, but he did tell his son he counted _Laura_ among his most important works.