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Re: split personality and interior of Goldsworth house
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Dear George Shimanovich,
How would you explain familiarity of Kinbote-Shade (the later husband of
Sybil) with interior of Goldsworth house?
I doubt the existence of the Goldsworth house, the kitten with/without bow
and its odd diet (I do suspect a joke or riddle lurks there). I think there
is some evidence about this in Shade's statement that the landscape has
changed since his childhood, but I don't understand it well enough to say
more.
While mostly delusional, Kinbote is astonishingly right in subtle ways. For
example, he said this about Pale Fire, the poem: ³I liked it better when
expecting less.² I wonder if that is not author¹s appeal. And if not, then
why (using one of your prompting figures of speech)? As far as aspiring
authors of multi-personality theory of PF go, the burden of proof is on
them.
Sorry, I don't understand the question.
Carolyn
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How would you explain familiarity of Kinbote-Shade (the later husband of
Sybil) with interior of Goldsworth house?
I doubt the existence of the Goldsworth house, the kitten with/without bow
and its odd diet (I do suspect a joke or riddle lurks there). I think there
is some evidence about this in Shade's statement that the landscape has
changed since his childhood, but I don't understand it well enough to say
more.
While mostly delusional, Kinbote is astonishingly right in subtle ways. For
example, he said this about Pale Fire, the poem: ³I liked it better when
expecting less.² I wonder if that is not author¹s appeal. And if not, then
why (using one of your prompting figures of speech)? As far as aspiring
authors of multi-personality theory of PF go, the burden of proof is on
them.
Sorry, I don't understand the question.
Carolyn
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