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Dear Don,
Having been burned publicly on the subject of old and new style calendars, I
will express no opinion on the true date of the Russian revolution...
But as to your "odd thought", I think your reasoning is more reasonable
than Alexey's. No exile? The name Vladimir Nabokov would resonate only
within certain insectophile circles. He might have become an excellent
chess player. Happy? Wealthy? Wise? Yes. Literary greatness? Doubtful.
Such is Mc Fate.
Carolyn
> From: "Donald B. Johnson" <chtodel@gss.ucsb.edu>
> Reply-To: Vladimir Nabokov Forum <NABOKV-L@LISTSERV.UCSB.EDU>
> Date: Tue, 8 Nov 2005 10:57:07 -0800
> To: NABOKV-L@LISTSERV.UCSB.EDU
> Subject: ODD Thought for today
>
> Today is the 88th anniversary of the Russian revolution without which no
> English
> Nabokov novels and perhaps no Russian ones either. Grounds for an
> "alternative"
> VN biography?
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Having been burned publicly on the subject of old and new style calendars, I
will express no opinion on the true date of the Russian revolution...
But as to your "odd thought", I think your reasoning is more reasonable
than Alexey's. No exile? The name Vladimir Nabokov would resonate only
within certain insectophile circles. He might have become an excellent
chess player. Happy? Wealthy? Wise? Yes. Literary greatness? Doubtful.
Such is Mc Fate.
Carolyn
> From: "Donald B. Johnson" <chtodel@gss.ucsb.edu>
> Reply-To: Vladimir Nabokov Forum <NABOKV-L@LISTSERV.UCSB.EDU>
> Date: Tue, 8 Nov 2005 10:57:07 -0800
> To: NABOKV-L@LISTSERV.UCSB.EDU
> Subject: ODD Thought for today
>
> Today is the 88th anniversary of the Russian revolution without which no
> English
> Nabokov novels and perhaps no Russian ones either. Grounds for an
> "alternative"
> VN biography?
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