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“A masterpiece of fiction is an original world and as such is not likely to fit the world of the reader.”
 
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Vladimir Nabokov
 
Name:   Vladimir Nabokov
 
Nationality:   American
 
Date of Birth:   Apr 22, 1899
 
Date of Death:   Jul 2,  1977
 
Profession:   Novelist
 
 
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