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I do not have Vol.4, 1997, of NABOKOV STUDIES handy, so I cannot easily check if the below is redundant. However, since "Easter Rain," by Vladimir Nabokov, is mentioned on NABOKV-L on 13 March, 2005, I thought my comment might be useful. Some years ago Svetlana Polsky kindly called me about her discovery, and announced her intention of sending the text of the story "to Russia." I explained that this was not the policy that my late parents and I had adopted, and that the story should first of all be sent to me. I was prevented from translating it for some time. Before the printing of CONJUNCTIONS:38, I unexpectedly received a draft translation by Peter Constantine, requesting my approval for its publication, an approval I could not grant. After considerable revision, I ageed to publication of "Easter Rain," "translated from Russian by Dmitri Nabokov and Peter Constantine," in CONJUNCTIONS:38. I cannot account for the mention online of "CONJUNCTIONS:37" rather than "38." My agent, Nikki Smith, can supply full details.

From: Vladimir Nabokov Forum [mailto:NABOKV-L@LISTSERV.UCSB.EDU] On Behalf Of D. Barton Johnson
Sent: Sunday, March 13, 2005 3:14 PM
To: NABOKV-L@LISTSERV.UCSB.EDU
Subject: "Mademoiselle 'O'" & Paskhalnyi dozhd'

EDNOTE. Although "Mademoiselle 'O'" was written in French in 1936, it had a Russian semii-predecessor "Paskhalnyi dozhd'," a long lost 1925 story rediscovered by Svetlana Polsky. See below for her article comparing the two texts.