Despair Free Audiobook Download by Vladimir Nabokov

Here Vladimir Nabokov's most famous work is read by a narrator who tells the story of one man, "Boris," and his three-day odyssey into despair. The narrator never reveals his name as he keeps all responses to Boris's questions vague.

Christopher Lane voiced the narrator of Vladimir Nabokov's short novel, "Despair." Lane introduced himself to his listeners, saying: "I am your guide into the universe of despair, a place that is both here and everywhere at once." This is a short book about how people who are leading unhappy lives start to imagine that they are in a much worse place than they actually are. Their mental state deteriorates as they grow more and more disillusioned.

Despair is the last novel of Vladimir Nabokov and takes place in 1919 during the Russian Revolution. This audiobook is narrated by Christopher Lane, an Englishman who has fled his country after a failed affair with a woman. The story follows a scientist traveling through Russia as he searches for a remote, abandoned manor. Each chapter begins with a quote from the protagonist's diary and typically offers commentary on what it means to be human.

In Despair, a classic by Vladimir Nabokov, the protagonist is a taxidermist. He has lost his wife and child and is feeling suicidal. To cope with this despair he begins killing animals to see them suffer before committing suicide himself. The story is startlingly realistic and effective as a tool for self-reflection.

Abandon all hope ye who enter here. This is the doorway to despair and nothingness, as narrated by Christopher Lane. Just because you are desperate doesn't mean that your spirit cannot thrive in hell. Despair, a novel by Vladimir Nabokov, is a mix of horror and philosophy that explores the nature of despair and humanity's relationship with it.

'It is not true that a human being always has somewhere to go. The human being does not have anywhere to go. It is not true.'