NABOKV-L post 0024088, Sun, 28 Apr 2013 03:32:15 -0400

“But what his surname was, I'm sure I have no idea.”:

Moncrieff.

(Yes, we are getting away from VN, and I wouldn’t be surprised or
disappointed if you don’t post this.)


Eric Hyman


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Spasibo, Lyuba,

I guess I'm taking my knowledge from Tolstoy and more specifically from War
and
Peace. I thought the name day was the big day. Thanks for setting me right.

Carolyn


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From: Ljuba Tarvi <ljuba.tarvi@WELHO.COM>
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Sent: Sat, April 27, 2013 11:20:12 AM
Subject: Re: [NABOKV-L] BIRTHDATES and Irish writers


Dear Carolyn, what a strange idea! Of course we, Russians, do celebrate our
birthdays.

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