Vladimir Nabokov

NABOKV-L post 0005840, Mon, 19 Mar 2001 10:20:06 -0800

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In third paragraph of "'Chapter sixteen' or 'On Conclusive Evidence'"
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248 of "Everyman's Library" edition of "Speak, Memory".

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S.





At 10:32 12.03.01 -0800, you wrote:
>From: Stephen Lovell <stephen.lovell@st-johns.oxford.ac.uk>
>
> I have this vague recollection of N. saying somewhere that he would never
>claim to recall conversations word-for-word, that it was impossible to
>record a dialogue without distortion. This may well have been a propos
>Speak, Memory -- but I'd be extremely grateful for a precise reference.
>
Sergey Il'yn

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