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From: <tom@discobolus.co.za>
To: "Vladimir Nabokov Forum" <nabokv-l@listserv.ucsb.edu>;
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Subject: Re: Fw: Lolita was plagiarised
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> Dear Don and List...
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> My five cents'worth on those kallikakian plagiarism allegations.
>
> I seem to remember (on Zembla, the List,or in the pages of Brian Boyd)
that
> in very early drafts Lolita was Juanita. This would indicate (in addition
> to an overwhelming mountain of other evidence that plagiarism was alien to
> VN) that "Lolita" is not a rip-off of von Wotsisname's effort. If VN had
> been hell-bent on plagiarising it, wouldn't he have called the little girl
> in "Volshebnik" Dolores or Lolita?
>
> Maybe we should just ignore such ignorant, cretinous, cheap-and-nasty
> tabloid stories. They belong in The National Enquirer and not on the List.
>
> Regards,
>
> Tom (Rymour)
From: <tom@discobolus.co.za>
To: "Vladimir Nabokov Forum" <nabokv-l@listserv.ucsb.edu>;
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Sent: Wednesday, March 24, 2004 9:27 AM
Subject: Re: Fw: Lolita was plagiarised
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> ----------------- Message requiring your approval (17
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> Dear Don and List...
>
> My five cents'worth on those kallikakian plagiarism allegations.
>
> I seem to remember (on Zembla, the List,or in the pages of Brian Boyd)
that
> in very early drafts Lolita was Juanita. This would indicate (in addition
> to an overwhelming mountain of other evidence that plagiarism was alien to
> VN) that "Lolita" is not a rip-off of von Wotsisname's effort. If VN had
> been hell-bent on plagiarising it, wouldn't he have called the little girl
> in "Volshebnik" Dolores or Lolita?
>
> Maybe we should just ignore such ignorant, cretinous, cheap-and-nasty
> tabloid stories. They belong in The National Enquirer and not on the List.
>
> Regards,
>
> Tom (Rymour)