Vladimir Nabokov

NABOKV-L post 0019583, Sun, 7 Mar 2010 21:15:50 +0300

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Anton and sexuality
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Speaking of Mme Viardot's sexual tastes, Boborykin mentions the name Anton: ведь были, всегда есть и будут и мужчины и женщины, которые, как гоголевский городничий, именинники и именинницы "и на Антона и на Онуфрия" (there have been, there are and will always be men and women who, like Gogol's governor of town, celebrate their name-days "on St. Anton Day and St. Onufriy Day"*)

Thanks to Laurence Hochard for letting me know about "gouine".

*allusion to Anton Antonovich Skvoznik-Dmukhanovski's words in Gogol's Inspector.

Alexey Sklyarenko

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