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nymphets are only perceived by Humberts..to other people they look like children....I do believe Humbert realized he had robbed the girl of her childhood, but it was too late to help Lolita, however, as VN writes, Humbert may be allowed a walk somewhere in his eternal punishment for his abuse of the child which at it's essense was a enormous egotism
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From: frances assa <franassa@HOTMAIL.COM>
To: NABOKV-L <NABOKV-L@LISTSERV.UCSB.EDU>
Sent: Mon, Jul 1, 2013 10:16 am
Subject: Re: [NABOKV-L] nymphetmania
"Are you saying through his eyes a nymphet? and through Vivian Maier's eyes?"
Absolutely not. VN's Lolita was a little girl. The nymphet was HH's vision. This Dolores is also a little girl. In fact all "nymphets" are little girls, aren't they? That's what even HH finally realized
Date: Sun, 30 Jun 2013 15:51:38 -0400
From: barriekarp@GMAIL.COM
Subject: Re: [NABOKV-L] Apropos of Dolores
To: NABOKV-L@LISTSERV.UCSB.EDU
Thank you, now I see the photo you mean.
Only rarely have I seen Vivian Maier photos with direct gaze and eye contact. Most photos I've seen by her of people are from behind in fact. Her photos from behind or unobserved effect a particular emotional resonance.
In that sense (direct gaze, eye contact), this photo and the photo of VN in car share category.
This is a dreamy girl, perhaps mesmerized.
She looks a lot more friendly than VN in his car photo, and relaxed, lacks his tension, contraction, apprehension.
Are you saying through his eyes a nymphet? and through Vivian Maier's eyes?
This girl isn't portrayed the way VN & his interpreters portray his nymphets. One has to do something somehow to make this Vivian Maier girl a nymphet.
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Barrie Karp
On Sun, Jun 30, 2013 at 2:57 PM, NABOKV-L, English <nabokv-l@holycross.edu> wrote:
I am pasting in again below Vivien Maier's photograph of the young girl in the car that Barrie Karp does not seem to have gotten in the previous email. Mary Efremov commented: "Possibly a nymphet?"
SES
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