Mary

Mary (1926) is the first novel by Vladimir Nabokov, written in Russian and later translated into English. It is an autobiographical work that describes the young Nabokov's first romance and his family's estate. The novel was published in Berlin, where Nabokov lived after emigrating from Russia.1

Nabokov, a Russian-born American novelist, is known for his intricate literary style and works such as Lolita. While Mary draws heavily on his personal experiences, his later novels, like Lolita, explore themes of art, memory, and complex psychological states. Lolita (1955) is presented as the memoirs of its antihero, Humbert Humbert, and examines love in the context of lechery.123