Volodya Nabokov, who at eight years old       was considerably self-possessed and already       a fledgling lepitopterist, here reads a favorite       volume on butterfly collecting.

Vladimir Nabokov, ten years after his exile from    Russia and well into his career as an author of    brilliant  nostalgic fictions, stares pensively at    the camera at age 27.

     Turn back to the previous page, which offers links to find out more about  Nabokov.