Praise for
The Enchanter

“A tale of crime and punishment … a foretaste of one of this century’s great novels.”

—Wall Street Journal

“The Enchanter is an alarming, sensuous and shimmering forerunner of Lolita.… It is a delight to have this early version of Nabokov’s strange, compelling fantasy.”

—USA Today

“Sensuous, amusing, scary … Nabokov lifts [The Enchanter] through the exhilarating artistry of his poetic and explicit language.”

—Boston Herald

“[The Enchanter is] in the top class of Nabokov’s work.”

—John Bayley, Spectator (London)

“Elegantly written and exquisitely shaped.”

—The Sunday Times (London)

“The Enchanter exhibits all of [Nabokov’s] cunning and exactness of execution.… The Enchanter will indeed enchant.”

—Listener (London)

“One of the most exciting novellas ever written, Nabokov near, or at least clearly anticipating, his very best.”

—Literary Review (London)