"The Return of Chorb" is a short story by Vladimir Nabokov, written in 1925 in a complex non-linear style. The story follows Chorb, a Russian emigre whom his father-in-law mistrusts. During his honeymoon in Nice, Chorb's wife is electrocuted and dies. Chorb returns to Germany to visit the places he and his wife had spent together and to inform her parents of the incident. Staying in a hotel room where he and his wife spent their wedding night, Chorb hires a prostitute, in whom he recognizes his wife.
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