NABOKV-L post 0025318, Wed, 23 Apr 2014 10:33:34 -0400

Well said, Walter. Chaplin was all those things. However the person posting the stupid "review" is not necessarily accountable for its content.

Date: Wed, 23 Apr 2014 03:10:32 -0400
From: w-vn@GREENWORLDCENTER.ORG
Subject: Re: [NABOKV-L] SIGHTING: Charlie Chaplin and Humbert in LO
To: NABOKV-L@LISTSERV.UCSB.EDU


Re: [NABOKV-L] SIGHTING: Charlie Chaplin and
Humbert in LO
>>>>>
Charlie Chaplin was a suspicious
and angry man. His hubris had no limits, nor his interest in young
women. Did he inspire Nabokov's Lolita?... more»
http://www.spectator.co.uk/books/9179261/charlie-chaplin-by-peter-ackroyd-review/
<<<<<


This gossip, snark, and psycho analysis on the Nabokov forum, of
all places? And "obsessive-compulsive disorder"?
Really......


Does anyone here remember Charlie Chaplin? The artist and the
grandeur and the conscience.......


The raison d'etre of his work was not only aesthetic bliss but
justice; and for justice he sacrificed both wealth and home.


Walter Miale










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