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Priscilla Meyer
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On Apr 23, 2013, at 11:43 PM, frances assa wrote:

A noble goal to compile such a list.
It did seem to me with respect to your query "I have been wondering...why we do not know Humbert's birthday (in contrast to Fyodor G-Ch's, his father's, Sebastian Knight's, Pnin's, and John Shade & co's)  that the list of characters for whom we know birthdays is a list of good guys, exclusively.

 
> Date: Tue, 23 Apr 2013 21:21:13 -0400
> From: nabokv-l@UTK.EDU
> Subject: [NABOKV-L] Birthday Wish
> To: NABOKV-L@LISTSERV.UCSB.EDU
> 
> I had a wish for VN's birthday, which was to compile a list of the 
> birthdays of his characters, and also a list of major characters for 
> whom we do not (seem to) know the birthdays. My wish, however, did not 
> come true! Still, I have been wondering for most of the past year why we 
> do not know Humbert's birthday (in contrast to Fyodor G-Ch's, his 
> father's, Sebastian Knight's, Pnin's, and John Shade & co's). HH does 
> mention the general concept of his birthday twice ("...before my 
> thirteenth birthday"; "after my sixteenth birthday"), and the 12th, 
> 13th, 14th, and 15th birthdays of Dolores Haze.
> 
> Cheers to VN at 114!
> 
> Steve Blackwell
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