Swing. Nabokov Vladimir Vladimirovich

The main character of the story, the Russian emigrant, in his first fall in Berlin finds the work of the tutor in a rich Russian family. Often, Matilda is present at the dinners in this family, a “broken, complete, Volokoyka lady” with her husband, a passionate, quick -tempered and jealous person. Once, when the husband is away, Matilda spends the night with the main character and becomes his mistress. In the end, the spouse learns about everything and beats the hero in front of his students. Unable to endure humiliation, he commits suicide and... becomes a incorporeal ghost that can only observe the development of events. He pays particular attention to a certain mysterious Smurov.