# The Original of Laura

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- Book: [The Original of Laura](https://www.bookquiver.com/vladimir-nabakov/the-original-of-laura) ([The Original of Laura.md](https://www.bookquiver.com/vladimir-nabakov/the-original-of-laura.md))
- Authors: [Vladimir Nabakov](https://www.bookquiver.com/vladimir-nabakov)
- Publisher: Vintage
- ISBN: 978-03-0747-285-4
- Pages: 304
- Published: 2013-01-08
- Language: en_US
- Binding: Softcover

## Description

" Nabokov's last metafictive parable. . . . One of the most interesting short stories Nabokov never wrote." —San Francisco Chronicle When Vladimir Nabokov died in 1977, he left instructions for his...