# The Original of Laura

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- Authors: [Vladimir Nabakov](https://www.bookquiver.com/vladimir-nabakov)
- Language: en_GB
- Published: 2012-12-06

## Description

Dr Philip Wild, a man of brilliance, wit, fortune and tremendous bulk, is used to suffering humiliations at the hands of his wife, the younger, slender, and rudely promiscuous Flora. But in a novel, a 'maddening masterpiece' documenting her infidelities, written by one of her lovers and given to the doctor, she appears as My Laura . Dishonoured, Wild still finds pleasure in life, by indulging in self-annihilation, beginning with the removal of his toes.

## Editions

### The Original of Laura

- Publisher: Vintage
- ISBN: 978-03-0747-285-4
- Pages: 304
- Published: 2013-01-08
- Language: en_US

### The Original of Laura

- Publisher: penguin_classics
- ISBN: 978-01-4119-116-4
- Pages: 304
- Published: 2012-12-06
- Language: en_GB

### The Original of Laura

- Publisher: Penguin
- Medium: ebook
- ISBN: 978-02-4196-148-3
- Published: 2012-12-06
- Language: en_GB