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From: "Dane Gill" <pennyparkerpark@hotmail.com>
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> I chose Glory simply because it was boring. I just didn't care what
happened
> to the characters.
>
> >From: "D. Barton Johnson" <chtodel@cox.net>
> >Reply-To: Vladimir Nabokov Forum <NABOKV-L@LISTSERV.UCSB.EDU>
> >To: NABOKV-L@LISTSERV.UCSB.EDU
> >Subject: Fw: Nabokov's Worst Novel? rlskN
> >Date: Mon, 28 Jul 2003 17:23:10 -0700
> >
> >EDNOTE. While there is some interest in knowing most and least favorites,
> >there is more in knowing WHY?
> >
> >----- Original Message -----
> >From: "Dane Gill" <pennyparkerpark@hotmail.com>
> >To: <NABOKV-L@LISTSERV.UCSB.EDU>
> >.
> > >
> > > ----------------- Message requiring your approval (60
> >lines) ------------------
> > > Mr. Kenny
> > > Interesting you should say that about SK...It's actually one of my
favs.
> > > However, I completely agree that everything VN has ever written still
> > > destroys the rest of Comp Lit away. Incidently, my GF said almost the
> >exact
> > > same thing to me several times in the past. Dane
> > >
> > >
> > > >From: "D. Barton Johnson" <chtodel@cox.net>
> > > >Reply-To: Vladimir Nabokov Forum <NABOKV-L@LISTSERV.UCSB.EDU>
> > > >To: NABOKV-L@LISTSERV.UCSB.EDU
> > > >Subject: Fw: Nabokov's Worst Novel? rlskN
> > > >Date: Mon, 28 Jul 2003 12:31:48 -0700
> > > >
> > > >----- Original Message -----
> > > >From: "Kenny, Glenn" <gkenny@hfmus.com>
> > > > >
> > > > > ----------------- Message requiring your approval
> >(31lines) ------------------
> >
> > > > > Granted, this comes from someone whose girlfriend said to him
> > > > > (affectionately, I think) just this weekend, "I think that as far
as
> > > >you're
> > > > > concerned, every writer who ever lived is overrated, except for
> > > >Nabokov,"
> > > > > but I get queasy seeing the words "worst" and "Nabokov" in the
same
> > > > > sentence.Still, one must grow up, and it is true that not all N.
opi
> >are
> > > > > created equal. I think while "Glory" certainly has the toughest
time
> > > >getting
> > > > > off the ground than any other Nabokov novel, I think, once I
> >substitute
> > > >the
> > > > > phrase "least well-realized" for "worst," that in my humble
opinion
> >"The
> > > > > Real Life of Sebastian Knight" is just too damn precious to
wholely
> >get
> > > > > across. And when I say "get across" I mean on the very demanding
> >terms
> > > >that
> > > > > Nabokov set for himself. The book still blows away 90 percent of
> >what
> >is
> > > > > termed "contemporary literature" these days...
> > > > >
> > > > > GK
> > > > > > ----------
> > > > > > From: D. Barton Johnson
> > > > > > Reply To: Vladimir Nabokov Forum
> > > > > > Sent: Monday, July 28, 2003 2:12 PM
> > > > > > To: NABOKV-L@LISTSERV.UCSB.EDU
> > > > > > Subject: Fw: Nabokov's Worst Novel?
> > > > > >
> > > > > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > > > > From: "Dane Gill" <pennyparkerpark@hotmail.com>
> > > > > > To: <NABOKV-L@LISTSERV.UCSB.EDU>
> > > > > > Sent: Monday, July 28, 2003 10:44 AM
> > > > > > Subject: Worst Novel
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > ----------------- Message requiring your approval (6
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> > > > > > > My vote goes to Glory. Anyone else? Dane Gill
>
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From: "Dane Gill" <pennyparkerpark@hotmail.com>
> ----------------- Message requiring your approval (86
lines) ------------------
> I chose Glory simply because it was boring. I just didn't care what
happened
> to the characters.
>
> >From: "D. Barton Johnson" <chtodel@cox.net>
> >Reply-To: Vladimir Nabokov Forum <NABOKV-L@LISTSERV.UCSB.EDU>
> >To: NABOKV-L@LISTSERV.UCSB.EDU
> >Subject: Fw: Nabokov's Worst Novel? rlskN
> >Date: Mon, 28 Jul 2003 17:23:10 -0700
> >
> >EDNOTE. While there is some interest in knowing most and least favorites,
> >there is more in knowing WHY?
> >
> >----- Original Message -----
> >From: "Dane Gill" <pennyparkerpark@hotmail.com>
> >To: <NABOKV-L@LISTSERV.UCSB.EDU>
> >.
> > >
> > > ----------------- Message requiring your approval (60
> >lines) ------------------
> > > Mr. Kenny
> > > Interesting you should say that about SK...It's actually one of my
favs.
> > > However, I completely agree that everything VN has ever written still
> > > destroys the rest of Comp Lit away. Incidently, my GF said almost the
> >exact
> > > same thing to me several times in the past. Dane
> > >
> > >
> > > >From: "D. Barton Johnson" <chtodel@cox.net>
> > > >Reply-To: Vladimir Nabokov Forum <NABOKV-L@LISTSERV.UCSB.EDU>
> > > >To: NABOKV-L@LISTSERV.UCSB.EDU
> > > >Subject: Fw: Nabokov's Worst Novel? rlskN
> > > >Date: Mon, 28 Jul 2003 12:31:48 -0700
> > > >
> > > >----- Original Message -----
> > > >From: "Kenny, Glenn" <gkenny@hfmus.com>
> > > > >
> > > > > ----------------- Message requiring your approval
> >(31lines) ------------------
> >
> > > > > Granted, this comes from someone whose girlfriend said to him
> > > > > (affectionately, I think) just this weekend, "I think that as far
as
> > > >you're
> > > > > concerned, every writer who ever lived is overrated, except for
> > > >Nabokov,"
> > > > > but I get queasy seeing the words "worst" and "Nabokov" in the
same
> > > > > sentence.Still, one must grow up, and it is true that not all N.
opi
> >are
> > > > > created equal. I think while "Glory" certainly has the toughest
time
> > > >getting
> > > > > off the ground than any other Nabokov novel, I think, once I
> >substitute
> > > >the
> > > > > phrase "least well-realized" for "worst," that in my humble
opinion
> >"The
> > > > > Real Life of Sebastian Knight" is just too damn precious to
wholely
> >get
> > > > > across. And when I say "get across" I mean on the very demanding
> >terms
> > > >that
> > > > > Nabokov set for himself. The book still blows away 90 percent of
> >what
> >is
> > > > > termed "contemporary literature" these days...
> > > > >
> > > > > GK
> > > > > > ----------
> > > > > > From: D. Barton Johnson
> > > > > > Reply To: Vladimir Nabokov Forum
> > > > > > Sent: Monday, July 28, 2003 2:12 PM
> > > > > > To: NABOKV-L@LISTSERV.UCSB.EDU
> > > > > > Subject: Fw: Nabokov's Worst Novel?
> > > > > >
> > > > > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > > > > From: "Dane Gill" <pennyparkerpark@hotmail.com>
> > > > > > To: <NABOKV-L@LISTSERV.UCSB.EDU>
> > > > > > Sent: Monday, July 28, 2003 10:44 AM
> > > > > > Subject: Worst Novel
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > ----------------- Message requiring your approval (6
> > > > > > lines) -------------------
> > > > > > > My vote goes to Glory. Anyone else? Dane Gill
>
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