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Kornei Chukovsky and V. D. Nabokov (fwd)
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V.D. Nabokov, of course, was also not above noticing class blemishes when
it came to Chukovsky. When he mocked Chukovsky's proletarian English after
they came back from a visit to England in 1916 that was, after all, also
a-not-so-subtle social put down. Chukovsky, as a consequence of his
origin, obviously did not have the luxury of having been taught good
English from early years by a succession of English governesses.
Galya Diment