Vladimir Nabokov

NABOKV-L post 0006021, Mon, 11 Jun 2001 20:48:34 -0700

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Fw: Juanita Dark?
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> > From: Christopher Karp, MD <ckarp@jhmi.edu>
> > To: Vladimir Nabokov Forum <NABOKV-L@LISTSERV.UCSB.EDU>
> >
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> > In "On a book entitled "Lolita", VN talks about almost destroying the
> > unfinished manuscript by fire, referring to it as "his Juanita Dark"
> (i.e.
> > J. D'Arc)
> >
> > > From: "D. Barton Johnson" <chtodel@gte.net>
> > > Organization: International Nabokov Society
> > > Reply-To: Vladimir Nabokov Forum <NABOKV-L@LISTSERV.UCSB.EDU>
> > > Date: Mon, 11 Jun 2001 10:39:02 -0700
> > > To: NABOKV-L@LISTSERV.UCSB.EDU
> > > Subject: Juanita Dark?
> > >
> > > Juan Martinez < jmm80625@mail.ucf.edu> inquires:
> > >
> > > Does the name Juanita Dark have anything to do w/
> > > _Lolita_, by any chance? I seemed to think that it
> > > did, but now I can't remember why. How about "Judy
> > > Dark"? Or "Cimmeria"?
> > >
> > > Any help would be much appreciated.
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