A collection of thirteen stories written by the author in the 1920s and 1930s. By the author of "Ada," "Bend Sinister," "The Defense," "Despair," "The Eye," "The Gift," "Glory," "Invitation to a Beheading," "King, Queen, Knave," "Laughter in the Dark," "Lolita," "Mary," "Pnin," and "The Real Life of Sebastian Knight."