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Dear List,
I would like some help locating a V.N. quote which I wrote down a year ago
but now cannot find. I had thought the quote was in the forward to The
Defence and referred to the novel as having been "written under the best
possible conditions of life." I vaguely recall that this was either preceded
or followed by a brief description of the Nabokov's home life in Berlin in
the 30's, shortly after Dmitri was born (which, I now realize, rules out The
Defence). I have searched as many of the forwards to the Russian novels as I
can but can't seem to find it and would love to know that I didn't simply
imagine or misattribute it.
Thank you,
-Mike Stauss
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I would like some help locating a V.N. quote which I wrote down a year ago
but now cannot find. I had thought the quote was in the forward to The
Defence and referred to the novel as having been "written under the best
possible conditions of life." I vaguely recall that this was either preceded
or followed by a brief description of the Nabokov's home life in Berlin in
the 30's, shortly after Dmitri was born (which, I now realize, rules out The
Defence). I have searched as many of the forwards to the Russian novels as I
can but can't seem to find it and would love to know that I didn't simply
imagine or misattribute it.
Thank you,
-Mike Stauss
Search archive with Google:
http://www.google.com/advanced_search?q=site:listserv.ucsb.edu&HL=en
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
Visit "Nabokov Online Journal:" http://www.nabokovonline.com
Manage subscription options: http://listserv.ucsb.edu/