Vladimir Nabokov

NABOKV-L post 0020524, Fri, 13 Aug 2010 13:44:43 +0400

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Bouteillan's first name
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The first name of Bouteillan, the French butler in Ardis, former valet of Demon Veen (Van's and Ada's father in Ada), is Albert. According to Aldanov ("The Cave", Part One, I), only Batiste is better than Albert as a name for a maitre d'hotel:

"Метрдотель был опытный, представительный, честный (продукты, правда, ворует, зато денег не трогает), и звали его Альбером, - после Батиста самое лучшее имя для метрдотеля."

VN reviewed Aladanov's novel in Sovremennye Zapiski (1936, #61).

Alexey Sklyarenko

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