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Re: Charlie Chaplin & Humbert Humbert (fwd)
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From: Gennady Barabtarlo <gragb@showme.missouri.edu>
>EDITOR'S NOTE. In partial response to the query below, the first place to
>check would be Alfred Appel's book _Nabokov's Dark Cinema_ (OUP). VN does
>mention Chaplin in several places but I don't recall seeing the idea that
>Humbert Humbert is modelled on him. Does anyone has more specific
>answers?
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>
>---------- Forwarded message ----------
>From: FCaso@aol.com
>
>Hello everyone,
>
>I am in the final stages of reviewing an article that has been submitted to a
>journal for publication. I need to determine whether anyone has explicitly
>explored the idea that Humbert Humbert was modeled on Charlie Chaplin.
>
>Does this ring any bells?
>
>-Keti
No, but I have it on good authority that VN's bust will likely be placed
alongside with the comic's at Montreux before long. GB
Gennady Barabtarlo
451 GCB University of Missouri
Columbia, MO 65211
573-882-9454 Fax 573-884-8456
>EDITOR'S NOTE. In partial response to the query below, the first place to
>check would be Alfred Appel's book _Nabokov's Dark Cinema_ (OUP). VN does
>mention Chaplin in several places but I don't recall seeing the idea that
>Humbert Humbert is modelled on him. Does anyone has more specific
>answers?
>------------------------------------------
>
>---------- Forwarded message ----------
>From: FCaso@aol.com
>
>Hello everyone,
>
>I am in the final stages of reviewing an article that has been submitted to a
>journal for publication. I need to determine whether anyone has explicitly
>explored the idea that Humbert Humbert was modeled on Charlie Chaplin.
>
>Does this ring any bells?
>
>-Keti
No, but I have it on good authority that VN's bust will likely be placed
alongside with the comic's at Montreux before long. GB
Gennady Barabtarlo
451 GCB University of Missouri
Columbia, MO 65211
573-882-9454 Fax 573-884-8456