1. Introduction

2. Lives of a Young Emigre: Mary, Glory, and The Gift

3. Studies in Obsession: The Defense, The Eye, Laughter in the Dark, and Despair

4. Experiments in Mid-Career: Invitation to a Beheading, The Real Life of Sebastian Knight, and Bend Sinister

5. The Morality of the Aesthete: Lolita

6. Metafictions: Pale Fire, Ada, and Look at the Harlequins!

7. Conclusion.