Vladimir Nabokov

Meet Miss Phalen in Lolita

By Jim Buckingham, 8 July, 2019

Meet Miss Phalen in Lolita

A Convoluted Conversation

And you think you know, Miss Phalen?

[1 Name with 10 Pics in 10 Pages]

 

MARYROSS

4 years 8 months ago

Brilliant! That was really fun, Jim. I think I hear VN applauding from somewhere on the other side.

Jim Buckingham

4 years 8 months ago

Thanks, Mary. You never know which way the path wends. 

Didn't even make the St. Algebra connection until I was wrapping up the article. Kind of like, wait don't shut the door -- here's one more. And I'm more than sure, considering how much VN did know, that he was more than familiar with, and had perhaps trapped a few, Agrios convolvuli in his days. Hence forward, whenever Miss Phalen comes to my mind so does she as a Convolvulus hawk-moth.

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