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Date: Wednesday, July 28, 2004 11:57 AM -0700
From: Mikhail Avrekh <mavrekh@lbl.gov>
To: Vladimir Nabokov Forum <NABOKV-L@LISTSERV.UCSB.EDU>
Subject: Re: TT-6 Parting shots
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> A couple of idle thoughts before leaving TT-6 and moving on.
>
> 1. Henry EMERY Person -- that middle name may suggest death. NB the M-R as
> in MORTAL and Russian Smert' (death) and Myortvyi (dead.) This echo occurs
> again in Emerald, nb the green statuette. Throughout VNs'oeuvre green,
> emerald are linked with death. This NOT to say "green" is
> always linked with death but sometimes is. Note the subsequent
> "reptile-green ink"--nasty but not lethal.
This "Emery" reminded me of a mumbled "every" when I read this, perhaps
intended to underline the banality of this character. This seems to be
borne out by his other traits: his clumsiness. his apparent obtuseness...
On a different subject: what does one make of HP's meal of "homard a
l'americaine" ?
Random googling returned an article about lobster being the staple food in
some 19th century New England prisons. Interesting !
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D. Barton Johnson
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Date: Wednesday, July 28, 2004 11:57 AM -0700
From: Mikhail Avrekh <mavrekh@lbl.gov>
To: Vladimir Nabokov Forum <NABOKV-L@LISTSERV.UCSB.EDU>
Subject: Re: TT-6 Parting shots
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> A couple of idle thoughts before leaving TT-6 and moving on.
>
> 1. Henry EMERY Person -- that middle name may suggest death. NB the M-R as
> in MORTAL and Russian Smert' (death) and Myortvyi (dead.) This echo occurs
> again in Emerald, nb the green statuette. Throughout VNs'oeuvre green,
> emerald are linked with death. This NOT to say "green" is
> always linked with death but sometimes is. Note the subsequent
> "reptile-green ink"--nasty but not lethal.
This "Emery" reminded me of a mumbled "every" when I read this, perhaps
intended to underline the banality of this character. This seems to be
borne out by his other traits: his clumsiness. his apparent obtuseness...
On a different subject: what does one make of HP's meal of "homard a
l'americaine" ?
Random googling returned an article about lobster being the staple food in
some 19th century New England prisons. Interesting !
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D. Barton Johnson
NABOKV-L