Critical Response
Nabokov's friend, correspondent, and sometime antagonist Edmund Wilson called Sebastian Knight his favorite among the author's works. A new reading by Gerard de Vries "The True Life of Sebastian Knight," presenting Colonel Samain in the role usually attributed to Nina Rechnoy, is published by Zembla, the official site of the International Vladimir Nabokov Society.
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