Vladimir Nabokov

NABOKV-L post 0009016, Thu, 11 Dec 2003 12:51:38 -0800

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Fw: Patricia Highsmith and Lolita's road trip
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From: "Christoph Heuke" <c_heuke@hotmail.com>
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> Odd to think of Quilty as a sinister detective? Well, Humbert himself had
> "surmised" this (II, 18).
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> I for myself, having read Highsmith's novel a couple of years ago,
remember
> that I was strongly reminded of "Lolita", too - and disturbed when I
learned
> that Nabokov's book was the younger one. Not enough to base a theory on,
of
> course (at least for an amateur Nabokophile like me).
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> Best regards,
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> Christoph Heuke
> Wiesbaden, Germany
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