Pnin by Vladimir Nabokov

Pnin

Vladimir Nabokov with Stefan Rudnicki (Narrator)

5 hours, 37 minutes • first pub 1957 (view editions)

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Pnin's ideal reader is someone who delights in watching a sweetly comic, linguistically adrift Russian professor bumble through 1950s American academia, gradually perceiving his quiet nobility beneath the satire.

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Pnin is a professor of Russian at an American college who takes the wrong train to deliver a lecture in a language he cannot master. Pnin is a tireless lover who writes to his treacherous Liza: A genius needs to keep so much in store, and thus can...

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Community Reviews

3.81
based on 3,496 reviews

Moods

funny: 84%

reflective: 52%

lighthearted: 42%

sad: 29%

emotional: 23%

challenging: 14%

relaxing: 9%

hopeful: 7%

adventurous: 5%

dark: 5%

inspiring: 5%

informative: 2%

mysterious: 2%

Pace

12% of readers chose fast
51% of readers chose medium
36% of readers chose slow
fast
medium
slow

Plot or character driven?

4% of readers chose Plot
10% of readers chose A mix
84% of readers chose Character
Plot
A mix
Character

Strong character development?

25% of readers chose Yes
20% of readers chose Complicated
52% of readers chose No
1% of readers chose N/A
Yes
Complicated
No
N/A

Loveable characters?

76% of readers chose Yes
14% of readers chose Complicated
8% of readers chose No
Yes
Complicated
No

Diverse cast of characters?

21% of readers chose Yes
10% of readers chose Complicated
64% of readers chose No
3% of readers chose N/A
Yes
Complicated
No
N/A

Flaws of characters a main focus?

76% of readers chose Yes
19% of readers chose Complicated
4% of readers chose No
Yes
Complicated
No

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