Vladimir Nabokov

NABOKV-L post 0009116, Fri, 9 Jan 2004 16:14:15 -0800

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A response to Tom Rymour
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From: "George Shimanovich" <gshiman@optonline.net>
To: "Vladimir Nabokov Forum" <NABOKV-L@LISTSERV.UCSB.EDU>
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> The title of the book:
>
> Vladimir Nabokov
> Lectures on Russian Literature
> Chekhov, Dostoevsky, Gogol, Gorki, Tolstoy, Turgenev
> A Harvest Book
> Harcourt Brace & Company
> Bruccoli Clark Layman
>
> - George
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "D. Barton Johnson" <chtodel@cox.net>
> To: <NABOKV-L@LISTSERV.UCSB.EDU>
> Sent: Thursday, January 08, 2004 10:16 PM
> Subject: Fw: Happy New Year from Tom Rymour
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> > EDRESPONSE: And a Happy 2004 to you! Yes, delights awaiting you are:
_VN's
> > Lectures on Literature_ (W. European); _Lectures on Don Quixote_; and
the
> > inimitable _Nikolai Gogol_.
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: <tom@discobolus.co.za>
> > To: "Vladimir Nabokov Forum" <nabokv-l@listserv.ucsb.edu>;
> > <nabokv-l@listserv.ucsb.edu>
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> > > Dear Don and List,
> > >
> > > A happy and prosperous 2004 to one and all (except M. Livry -- as they
> say
> > > here in South Africa he seems to be one Smurf short of a full
village).
> I
> > > am still rejoicing in an unexpected Christmas present: VN's lectures
on
> > > Bleak House, Mansfield Park, Mme Bovary, etc, with an intro by Updike
> > > (1981). I have been absolutely knocked out by this book, and the new
> light
> > > it casts on VN's wit and wisdom. Is there a companion volume dealing
> with
> > > Russian authors?
> > >
> > > Regards,
> > >
> > > Tom (Rymour)
>