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----- Original Message -----
From: "Dane Gill" <pennyparkerpark@hotmail.com>
To: <NABOKV-L@LISTSERV.UCSB.EDU>
> Greetings
> I recently received EO for xmas...finding it used seemed to be out of the
> question and so somebody spent both one arm and one leg to obtain it for
me.
> Used Nabokov is not that easy to find. And when it is found it seems to
> always be several copies of Lolita, a couple Pnins and a Pale Fire. This
> leads into my two questions:
>
> 1. How do you pronounce Eugen Onegin?
> Spelt out phonetically I come up with a couple ideas:
> a) you GEEN oNEE gan
> b) YOU gin ONA gin
> c) EEOU gin O NEG in
>
> problably none are write cold someone help me please?
>
> 2. I assume Lolita is VN' best seller...it is popular and used in many
> universities. Pale Fire and Pnin are also used in schools. There is often
> mention of Ada, The Gift, Inv.to a Behead, and The Defene in scholarly
> works. But this still leaves a pile of "less-popular" VN books. I
understand
> that TraThi and Harlequins didn't sell so hot. My question is this:
> What are Nabokov's bestselling works? (assuming of course that Lolita is
#1)
>
>
> Thank you, Dane Gill
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1) you -GENE (as in DNA) oh-NAY (as in horse's -NEIGH)-gun
2) my guess is LO, PF, PNIN, for the ENG.; DEFENSE, DAR, BEHEADING FOR THE
rUSSIAN
----- Original Message -----
From: "Dane Gill" <pennyparkerpark@hotmail.com>
To: <NABOKV-L@LISTSERV.UCSB.EDU>
> Greetings
> I recently received EO for xmas...finding it used seemed to be out of the
> question and so somebody spent both one arm and one leg to obtain it for
me.
> Used Nabokov is not that easy to find. And when it is found it seems to
> always be several copies of Lolita, a couple Pnins and a Pale Fire. This
> leads into my two questions:
>
> 1. How do you pronounce Eugen Onegin?
> Spelt out phonetically I come up with a couple ideas:
> a) you GEEN oNEE gan
> b) YOU gin ONA gin
> c) EEOU gin O NEG in
>
> problably none are write cold someone help me please?
>
> 2. I assume Lolita is VN' best seller...it is popular and used in many
> universities. Pale Fire and Pnin are also used in schools. There is often
> mention of Ada, The Gift, Inv.to a Behead, and The Defene in scholarly
> works. But this still leaves a pile of "less-popular" VN books. I
understand
> that TraThi and Harlequins didn't sell so hot. My question is this:
> What are Nabokov's bestselling works? (assuming of course that Lolita is
#1)
>
>
> Thank you, Dane Gill
-------------------------------
1) you -GENE (as in DNA) oh-NAY (as in horse's -NEIGH)-gun
2) my guess is LO, PF, PNIN, for the ENG.; DEFENSE, DAR, BEHEADING FOR THE
rUSSIAN