Vladimir Nabokov

NABOKV-L post 0011868, Tue, 13 Sep 2005 21:41:33 -0700

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Date: Tue, 13 Sep 2005 21:00:09 EDT
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Subject: Re: Nabokovian blunders
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In a message dated 14/09/2005 01:53:51 GMT Standard Time,
chtodel@gss.ucsb.edu writes:

> Why did he lie in his postscript "On a Book Entitled Lolita" and state that
> a US publisher had once suggested to him that he replace his 12 year old
> female nymphet with a boy?

Please forgive me, but I must have missed the explanation of how it has been
established that this was a lie. Could someone kindly clarify this?

Anthony Stadlen

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