Vladimir Nabokov

NABOKV-L post 0010274, Sat, 14 Aug 2004 11:01:33 -0700

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Re: TT-10 Introductory Notes
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3. The Slender Slut -- a book Phil would like -- recalls the final words of
the previous chapter. Perhaps Armande's presence represents

D. Barton Johnson wrote:
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> From: Akiko Nakata <a-nakata@courante.plala.or.jp>
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29.10 ff "It was QUEER to recall...I had looked forward to seeing the great
man at last in the FLESH....what a grand sight R presented--
his handsome chauffeur...his black bearded secretary supporting
him" Am I the only one to feel this passage is a little, well, queer?

> 29.20: his black-bearded secretary: A pirate image. Tamworth is called "a
> brigand" on the following page. Cf. "a black patch masked the
> grim captain's left eye" (Ch. 26).
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> 30.06-14: The illusory quality of the entire event was enhanced by the
> appearance and
> speech of the two characters. That monumental man with his clayey makeup

>
> 30.13-14: as if moved with his chair by Sherlock's
> concealed landlady: As Brian Boyd mentions in the LoA edition notes, it
> quotes "The Empty House." A reason why from a SH story could be found in
> Conan Doyle's enthusiasm in Spiritualism.
>
> 30.16-20: the reality of Armande, whose image> shone through the
show at various levels,

"shown through" more transparency and translucency


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31.27f "he wants _A Boy for Pleasure_ but would settle for
the _The Slender Slut_"

This is the "middle line" of the old proverb

A wife to bear you children
A boy for pleasure
A goat for ecstasy
(last line varies)

> 32.18: This part our translucing is pretty boring:

more "translucing"

> 32.30: Formosa, an island: is famous for its beautiful butterflies.

Better known as Taiwan
Why
> Cavaliere, Cal.? Simply because Pines was being a "cavalier" to Julia and
> her mother?

and it contains "aval"

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> RANDOM EDThought. The "Cavaliere" is part of the "avalanche"/falling
> theme.
>

John

(with apologies for a messy paste job!)


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