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Date: Mon, 22 Aug 2005 16:37:55 -0300
From: Jansy Berndt de Souza Mello <jansy@aetern.us>
Reply-To: Jansy Berndt de Souza Mello <jansy@aetern.us>
Subject: Re: Fwd: Re: John Ray Jr & Conan Doyle
To: Vladimir Nabokov Forum
Hello, Carolyn and Anthony
There are levels of misteries in Conan Doyle´s short-story, presented as an
excerpt from a diary written by the son of Dr.John M. Ray Senior.
Since the diary-writer is a medical student, in time he would also become John
Ray Jr, MD - like Lolita´s psychiatrist who divulges HH´s manuscript - were it
not for the intervening M´Alister.
Young John Ray apparently survived his adventure with madness and ghosts. Why
then is his diary presented by his father and why was the latter in the
position to prohibit or to authorize its publication?
I didn´t solve Doyle´s puzzle concerning the structuring of his short-story, but
it might offer a clue for "Lolita" when we consider Dr.John Ray Jr´s use of
HH´s manuscript ( some readers think that HH and John Ray are one, or that HH
and Quilty are one, etc ) and the storie´s mad captain, his medically-minded
companion and Dr.John M´Alister Ray, father.
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From: Donald B. Johnson
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Subject: Fwd: Re: John Ray Jr & Conan Doyle
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Date: Mon, 22 Aug 2005 14:02:49 EDT
From: STADLEN@aol.com
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In a message dated 22/08/2005 18:16:05 GMT Standard Time,
chtodel@gss.ucsb.edu writes:
> I wonder if the name M'Alister appears in Lolita?
>
I'd bet No, but I could be wrong.
Anthony Stadlen
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In a message dated 22/08/2005 18:16:05 GMT Standard Time, chtodel@gss.ucsb.edu
writes:
I wonder if the name M'Alister appears in Lolita?
I'd bet No, but I could be wrong.
Anthony Stadlen
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