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From: "Brian Howell" <pakmshlter@yahoo.com>
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> I've just read Nabokov's wonderful A Matter of Chance
> (1924), only once through, but there are a couple of
> things I am curious about. Firstly, how is it that
> Luzhin does not not notice [E]lena or she him? Are we
> supposed to think that it's 'by chance' they don't?
> It's deliciously and tragically ironic in any case.
> Also, is Luzhin in any way connected with the Luzhin
> of the novel? Could it be the brother who is
> mentioned? There is, furthermore, a reference to
> chess, in a metaphor, at one point.
>
> Brian
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From: "Brian Howell" <pakmshlter@yahoo.com>
> ----------------- Message requiring your approval (21
lines) ------------------
> I've just read Nabokov's wonderful A Matter of Chance
> (1924), only once through, but there are a couple of
> things I am curious about. Firstly, how is it that
> Luzhin does not not notice [E]lena or she him? Are we
> supposed to think that it's 'by chance' they don't?
> It's deliciously and tragically ironic in any case.
> Also, is Luzhin in any way connected with the Luzhin
> of the novel? Could it be the brother who is
> mentioned? There is, furthermore, a reference to
> chess, in a metaphor, at one point.
>
> Brian
>
> =====
> http://www.elasticpress.com/sound_of_white_ants.htm
> http://www.tobypress.com/books/dance_geometry.htm
>
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