Vladimir Nabokov

NABOKV-L post 0015346, Sun, 1 Jul 2007 16:57:47 -0300

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the same for Hercule Poirot.
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From: Carolyn Kunin
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Sent: Saturday, June 30, 2007 11:16 PM
Subject: Re: [NABOKV-L] cabbage thrower?


In chapter 41 of Nicholas Nickelby I found the incident I was thinking of, but the vegetables thrown over the wall at Mrs Nickleby (the object of the madman's desire) consist of first a large cucumber, then a fine marrow which is followed by "a shower of onions, turnip-radishes, and other small vegetables."


No cabbages.


Carolyn




On Jun 30, 2007, at 1:36 PM, Carolyn Kunin wrote:


I think it was a madman in Dickens' Nicholas Nickelby - - he was too shy to talk to people, so he threw cabbages at them. I'll have to see if I can find it - - somewhere toward the end I think.


Carolyn




On Jun 30, 2007, at 12:08 PM, D. Barton Johnson wrote:


P.S. But (rhetorically) who is that man throwing cabbages over the wall?


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