Vladimir Nabokov

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Good Grief, More Plagerism

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From: Walter Miale
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Subject: Good Grief, More Plagerism


From: Walter Miale <wmiale@acbm.qc.ca>
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Subject: Good Grief, More Plagarism


The following item, from _The Odds Against Having Been Born - First Chapters of Nineteen Novels and Other Writings,_-- by myself of all people, from Quick Copy Press (e-mail me for review copies; there's more Nabokoviana in it) appears to have been lifted without acknowledgment from . . . well, it's perfectly obvious.




DOCTOR FROBENIUS
Chapter One


Dr. Frobenius, dentist and wife, general nuisance. A Finn? A Pole? Tongue, teeth, palate, and lips rearranging themselves to hiss, at six, in a lame smile. Doctor. Fro. Be. Knee. Us?


She's Hilda, plain Hilda, in the morning, standing five feet two in one sock, with morning breath. She's Hilda again in slacks. She's Hilda to her friends. On the dotted line-Hilda Frobenius, DDS. But to her patients she's always Dr. Frobenius.


Did she have a precursor? Oh, not really. In college I dated a Maude Sweeney. That was at Rutgers. When? Oh 1975.


You can always count on an allergist to appreciate the canapés. (hic)


Dentists and dental assistants, exhibit number one is not very important. You can ignore it. My family problems are my own affair. Oh, sorry, dreadfully sorry. May I be excused now?


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