Vladimir Nabokov

NABOKV-L post 0009838, Mon, 31 May 2004 09:46:48 -0700

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Fw: =- The Original of Lolita -= (fwd)
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From: STADLEN@aol.com
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Sent: Sunday, May 30, 2004 7:05 PM
Subject: Re: =- The Original of Lolita -= (fwd)


In a message dated 31/05/2004 01:23:28 GMT Standard Time, chtodel@gss.ucsb.edu writes:


no Kasbeam barber


Talking of which, can anyone explain the importance of this barber, and why he should have cost VN a month of work, as he claimed in 'On a Book Entitled "Lolita"'? There's an easel on the barber's desk with a picture of his dead son, just as there was one on the dentist Quilty's desk with a picture of his then live nephew the playwright. But ... ?

Anthony Stadlen
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