DN's reply to Robert Boyle,

A perceptive question, but no, there's no connection.

Cordially,

Dmitri Nabokov

On Wed, Nov 25, 2009 at 5:00 AM, Robert H. Boyle <KatyaBelousBoyle@aol.com> wrote:
I do not have my copy of VN's study of Gogol at hand and some years have passed since I last read it, and so�I�pose this question:�
�� �Is VN's discussion of�Gogol burning�the second part of Dead Souls�before he died in any way relevant to�DM's�decision to publish TOoL despite his father's wish that it be burned?�
��� RHB�.
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