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Date: Tue, 10 May 2005 17:00:40 -0400
From: Matthew Morris <mmorris1@triad.rr.com>
Reply-To: Matthew Morris <mmorris1@triad.rr.com>
Subject: Anna Karenin reference in Ada that Boyd May Have Missed
To: Vladimir Nabokov Forum
I have been going through ADA and Boyd's annotations, enjoying both immensely.
One possible nod to Tolstoy that Boyd may have missed: in Part One Chapter Six
of ADA, VN writes that, of the servant's quarters, "all [Ada] remembered was a
canary and ancient machine for grinding coffee beans."
In ANNA KARENIN, in Part One Chapter Thirty-Two, Vronsky visits his decadent
friends, one of whom, Baroness Shilton, is described as "filling the whole
room, like a canary..." and, on the next page, demonstrates a gadget for making
coffee." (Guerney trans. pgs. 130-131).
I'm not sure what the reference means in the context of ADA but it certainly
seems to be a signpost to AK (yet another!)
Matthew Morris
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From: D. Barton Johnson
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Sent: Thursday, April 21, 2005 3:37 PM
Subject: Pale Fire and Stephen Soderbergh
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http://daddytypes.com/archive/2005/04/18/from_the_gospel_according_to_people_magazine.html
April 18, 2005
From The Gospel According To People Magazine
Dear Vivian,
Thanks for your vivid comments on my blog. While I can totally see how my
linking to a wire service press release might lead you to think I might know
the Phoenix-Afflecks, I must confess that I don't. At present, I have no plans
to meet them.
If you haven't picked up a copy yet, I would encourage you to read Pale Fire,
by Vladimir Nabokov. It is also a story of a poet, and it happens to be a
favorite of Steven Soderbergh, the director of Ocean's Twelve. Something tells
me you'd really like it.
Thanks again for your comments, and please accept my sincerest wishes for your
peace and health.
Greg Allen
daddytypes.com ;)
Related: The Amazon Reviews of Ms. Vivian Taube
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