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Fwd: Re: Pale Fire and Crown Jewels/Disa laughs? J-2May
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Date: Sat, 21 May 2005 13:27:16 -0800
From: Carolyn Kunin <chaiselongue@earthlink.net>
Reply-To: Carolyn Kunin <chaiselongue@earthlink.net>
Subject: Re: Pale Fire and Crown Jewels/Disa laughs? J-2May
To: Vladimir Nabokov Forum
After so much searching around imaginary lands after imagined paste crown
jewels that were described in very real written texts, I no longer wonder
why did Disa laugh, but why should we let the Russians keep the jewels ( to
have our last laugh, according to C.Kunin ) or why not tell them in the
first place( as VN jokingly recommended)?
Dear Jansy,
VN's joke is "do not tell it to the Russians" - - mine is "why not tell it
to the Russians" - - two different jokes making the same point I guess. But
since you wish to pursue it further, note another problem with the Donohue
solution. In the novel it is Baron Bland, not the king, who hides the
jewels. He has a helper - - do we know anymore than this? Mr Donohue thinks
that Steinmann hides the jewels because the king could have signalled to him
from his prison cell - - but the question is who was Bland's helper. Also is
Baron Bland the same as Baron B? & does it matter?
Carolyn
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