Editing Vladimir Nabokov (section)

===University of Cambridge===
After the withdrawal of the [[German Army (German Empire)|German Army]] in November 1918 and the defeat of the [[White Army]] in early 1919, the Nabokovs sought exile in western Europe, along with other Russian refugees. They settled briefly in England, where Nabokov gained admittance to the [[University of Cambridge]], one of the world's most prestigious universities, where he attended [[Trinity College, Cambridge|Trinity College]] and studied [[zoology]] and later [[Slavic languages|Slavic]] and [[Romance languages]]. His examination results on the first part of the [[Tripos]] exam, taken at the end of his second year, were a [[starred first]]. He took the second part of the exam in his fourth year just after his father's death, and feared he might fail it. But his exam was marked [[Second class honours|second-class]]. His final examination result also ranked second-class, and his [[Bachelor of Arts|BA]] was conferred in 1922. Nabokov later drew on his Cambridge experiences to write several works, including the novels ''[[Glory (Nabokov novel)|Glory]]'' and ''[[The Real Life of Sebastian Knight]]''.

At Cambridge, one journalist wrote in 2014, "the coats-of-arms on the windows of his room protected him from the cold and from the melancholy over the recent loss of his country. It was in this city, in his moments of solitude, accompanied by ''King Lear'', ''Le Morte d'Arthur'', ''The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde'' or ''Ulysses'', that Nabokov made the firm decision to become a Russian writer."<ref>[https://www.rbth.com/arts/literature/2014/04/22/the-secret-british-life-of-vladimir-nabokov_721698 "The secret British life of Vladimir Nabokov"], ''Russia Beyond'', 22 April 2014.</ref>