Vladimir Nabokov

NABOKV-L post 0009288, Sun, 8 Feb 2004 17:53:31 -0800

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From: "Walter Miale" <wm@greenworldcenter.org>
To: "D. Barton Johnson" <chtodel@cox.net>
Sent: Saturday, February 07, 2004 6:58 PM
Subject: Re: Your note


> Don,
>
> You asked:
> >I was wondering what that $4000 for six
> >months meant. Per person? Food service? A group?
>
> You get a large house (my wife and I live in an adjoining addition to
> the house, but yours is self contained and private) -- four bedrooms
> upstairs, spiffy kitchen, large open living-dining area, which opens
> onto a pleasant yard of your own. Two bathrooms. Furnishings include
> a decent piano. (tuning is not included) There is a 28 foot (big
> enough to swim in but usually chilly) above-ground pool (we would
> share it) in the large front yard. There is a pretty huge music
> library but it would take some fussing to set up loudspeakers and
> turntable. There is an upper limit on the number of people that the
> owner (I manage the place) will allow. The rent doesn't include food.
> We have tended to eat together quite some, but that is as you like.
> The little village of Sutton is five miles away, and it has a lot of
> shops, including two bookstores, galleries, an assortment of
> restaurants and so forth, but it is a quiet little town, though in
> the summer it bustles on weekends. A busier, buzzier vacation town
> with a lake and probably a summer stock theatre is another maybe
> eight or ten miles. Then there are quieter, sleepier towns, and no
> towns at all, in other directions.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Walter