Content-Type: message/rfc822 Date: Tue, 06 Jun 2006 22:30:52 -0400 From: "NABOKV-L" To: Subject: Nabokov, in a poem to his fiancee . . . Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="=__PartDCF9134C.1__=" --=__PartDCF9134C.1__= Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline EDNOTE. Eric Naiman sends a link to a "rather opinionated" piece on the 1895 Nagant 7.62mm. revolver r which opens by quoting a poem from VN to Vera Slonim before their marriage: http://www.sff.net/people/sanders/nagant.html Stacy Schiff quotes this same poem in her biography, Vera (Mrs. Vladimir Nabokov) (New York: Random House, 1999), with regard to the fact that at the time Nabokov met Vera Slonim she carried a pistol and claimed to be a crack shot (pp. 55-56). SES Search the archive: http://listserv.ucsb.edu/archives/nabokv-l.html Contact the Editors: mailto:nabokv-l@utk.edu,nabokv-l@holycross.edu Visit Zembla: http://www.libraries.psu.edu/nabokov/zembla.htm View Nabokv-L policies: http://web.utk.edu/~sblackwe/EDNote.htm Search the archive: http://listserv.ucsb.edu/archives/nabokv-l.html Contact the Editors: mailto:nabokv-l@utk.edu,nabokv-l@holycross.edu Visit Zembla: http://www.libraries.psu.edu/nabokov/zembla.htm View Nabokv-L policies: http://web.utk.edu/~sblackwe/EDNote.htm --=__PartDCF9134C.1__= Content-Type: application/octet-stream; name="Header" Content-Transfer-Encoding: base64 Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="Header" UmV0dXJuLXBhdGg6IDw+DQpSZWNlaXZlZDogZnJvbSB0ZXhhcy5ob2x5Y3Jvc3MuZWR1ICh0ZXhh cy5ob2x5Y3Jvc3MuZWR1IFsxOTIuMTMzLjgzLjE1OV0pDQoJYnkgdWNzYnV4YS51Y3NiLmVkdSAo OC4xMy42LzguMTMuNikgd2l0aCBFU01UUCBpZCBrNTcyVXdoODAwNjk3OQ0KCWZvciA8bmFib2t2 LWxAbGlzdHNlcnYudWNzYi5lZHU+OyBUdWUsIDYgSnVuIDIwMDYgMTk6MzA6NTggLTA3MDAgKFBE VCkNClJlY2VpdmVkOiBmcm9tIGxvY2FsaG9zdCAodGV4YXMgWzEyNy4wLjAuMV0pDQoJYnkgdGV4 YXMuaG9seWNyb3NzLmVkdSAoUG9zdGZpeCkgd2l0aCBFU01UUCBpZCA2QzE4OUQ3MDM2DQoJZm9y IDxuYWJva3YtbEBsaXN0c2Vydi51Y3NiLmVkdT47IFR1ZSwgIDYgSnVuIDIwMDYgMjI6MzA6NTMg LTA0MDAgKEVEVCkNClJlY2VpdmVkOiBmcm9tIHRleGFzLmhvbHljcm9zcy5lZHUgKFsxMjcuMC4w LjFdKQ0KIGJ5IGxvY2FsaG9zdCAodGV4YXMuaG9seWNyb3NzLmVkdSBbMTI3LjAuMC4xXSkgKGFt YXZpc2QtbmV3LCBwb3J0IDEwMDI0KQ0KIHdpdGggRVNNVFAgaWQgMzA0NTctMDYgZm9yIDxuYWJv a3YtbEBsaXN0c2Vydi51Y3NiLmVkdT47DQogVHVlLCAgNiBKdW4gMjAwNiAyMjozMDo1MiAtMDQw MCAoRURUKQ0KUmVjZWl2ZWQ6IGZyb20gZHVkbGV5LmhvbHljcm9zcy5lZHUgKGR1ZGxleS5ob2x5 Y3Jvc3MuZWR1IFsxOTIuMTMzLjgzLjEyXSkNCglieSB0ZXhhcy5ob2x5Y3Jvc3MuZWR1IChQb3N0 Zml4KSB3aXRoIEVTTVRQIGlkIDZBMTBGRDcwMzMNCglmb3IgPG5hYm9rdi1sQGxpc3RzZXJ2LnVj c2IuZWR1PjsgVHVlLCAgNiBKdW4gMjAwNiAyMjozMDo1MiAtMDQwMCAoRURUKQ0KUmVjZWl2ZWQ6 IGZyb20gSENET01BSU4tTVRBIGJ5IGR1ZGxleS5ob2x5Y3Jvc3MuZWR1DQoJd2l0aCBOb3ZlbGxf R3JvdXBXaXNlOyBUdWUsIDA2IEp1biAyMDA2IDIyOjMwOjU3IC0wNDAwDQpNZXNzYWdlLUlkOiA8 NDQ4NjAyMUMwMjAwMDAxMjAwMkM5NjY2QGR1ZGxleS5ob2x5Y3Jvc3MuZWR1Pg0KWC1NYWlsZXI6 IE5vdmVsbCBHcm91cFdpc2UgSW50ZXJuZXQgQWdlbnQgNy4wDQpEYXRlOiBUdWUsIDA2IEp1biAy MDA2IDIyOjMwOjUyIC0wNDAwDQpGcm9tOiAiTkFCT0tWLUwiIDxOQUJPS1YtTEBob2x5Y3Jvc3Mu ZWR1Pg0KVG86IDxuYWJva3YtbEBsaXN0c2Vydi51Y3NiLmVkdT4NClN1YmplY3Q6IE5hYm9rb3Ys IGluIGEgcG9lbSB0byBoaXMgZmlhbmNlZSAuIC4gLg0KTWltZS1WZXJzaW9uOiAxLjANCkNvbnRl bnQtVHlwZTogdGV4dC9wbGFpbjsgY2hhcnNldD1VUy1BU0NJSQ0KQ29udGVudC1UcmFuc2Zlci1F bmNvZGluZzogN2JpdA0KQ29udGVudC1EaXNwb3NpdGlvbjogaW5saW5lDQpYLVZpcnVzLVNjYW5u ZWQ6IGFtYXZpc2QtbmV3IGF0IGhvbHljcm9zcy5lZHUNClgtU3BhbS1TdGF0dXM6IE5vLCBzY29y ZT0tNC4wMTUgdGFnZ2VkX2Fib3ZlPS0yMDAgcmVxdWlyZWQ9NS4zMQ0KIHRlc3RzPVtBTExfVFJV U1RFRD0tMS44LCBBV0w9MC4zODQsIEJBWUVTXzAwPS0yLjU5OV0NClgtU3BhbS1TY29yZTogLTQu MDE1DQpYLVNwYW0tTGV2ZWw6IA0K --=__PartDCF9134C.1__=--