Vladimir Nabokov

NABOKV-L post 0002957, Thu, 19 Mar 1998 08:00:33 -0800

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Re: gifted readers
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From: "Peter A. Kartsev" <petr@glas.apc.org>

Can anybody help me pinpoint a comment I want to quote but can't
> locate? Asked something like was he fond of mocking, or did he
> despise, his readers, Nabokov replied something like "But one's
> readers are the most varied and gifted in the world."

The quote comes from the essay "On Adaptation": SO, p. 283.

Peter.