The monograph is devoted to the connections between V.V. Nabokov’s work and the literature of the romantic era. For the first time, based on the material of two novels of the “Russian period,” the multifaceted, complex nature of these connections is revealed. The observations made by the author are of interest not only for Nabokov scholars, but also for researchers working in the field of comparative literature, for those who study contacts between Russian and foreign literatures, the historical fate of the romantic heritage. The publication is addressed to specialist philologists and everyone interested in the history of literature.