Vladimir Nabokov

NABOKV-L post 0020231, Wed, 23 Jun 2010 09:46:46 -0500

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Re: La riviere de diamants
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Also embedded is an allusion to the 18th century author Delarivier Manley who Lucette’s governess resembles in some aspects.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delarivier_Manley

Suellen Stringer-Hye


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Dear All,

"Mlle Larivière, Lucette's governess. Her real name comes from rivière,
French for "river"."

Actually, Old McNab is having a go at Guy de Maupassant (Guillaume de
Monparnasse)and his 'worst short story ever written',
"La Parure" (usually trans as "The Diamond Necklace") in which a young
functionary's wife borrows
a 'riviere de diamants' to wear to the ministry ball -- then loses it.

Hugs and kisses from vuvuzela-deafened Tom Rymour in Joburg.
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