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          THE GIFT  PROJECT

          CONCORDANCE, LITERARY AND VISUAL COMMENTARY

                     More covers and Nabokov on the jacket design of THE GIFT   

                                   Original journal publication in 1937

This project is devoted to creating a comprehensive concordance and commentary to Vladimir Nabokov's novel The Gift (1934-1938; 1961 - English translation). The annotated passages are presented in order of occurrence and follow the pagination in Vintage International edition of the novel.

Chapter I 

pp 3-20

pp 21-39  

pp 40-57  

pp 58-76

Chapter II

pp 77-93

pp 94-117  

pp 117-134  

pp 135-145

Chapter III

pp 146-170  

pp 171-188  

pp 189-206  

pp 207-211

Chapter IV

pp 212-224  

pp 225-242  

pp 243-260  

pp 261-278

pp 279-300

Chapter V

pp 301-314

pp 315-332  

pp 333-349

pp 350-366 

Alphabetic cross-referenced concordance:

A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

Timeline in the novel

Motifs

Criticism

THE GIFT Bibliography

This site (created on 1 January, 2007) is edited by Dr. Yuri Leving (Dalhousie University). If you would like to contribute to the concordance, please email to yleving@gmail.com.

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Contributors to the project