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From: "Earl Sampson" <esamson3@comcast.net>
To: "NABOKV-L" <NABOKV-L@LISTSERV.UCSB.EDU>
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> From the Today in Literature List:
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> Today in Literature wrote:
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> > TODAY IN LITERATURE - FREE EDITION April 23rd
> > --------------------------------------------------------------
> >
> > TODAY: Shakespeare, Cervantes and World Book Day
> >
> > On this day in 1616 both William Shakespeare and Miguel de
> > Cervantes died, prompting UNESCO to declare this "World Book and
> > Copyright Day." This is also the generally accepted day of
> > Shakespeare's birth (1564), and William Wordsworth died on April
> > 23, 1850. (Taking a longer look, the literary births and deaths
> > during this week include Byron, Twain, C. Bronte, Fielding,
> > Defoe, Trollope, Laxness, Nabokov....)
> >
> > To read the full article, please visit:
> > http://www.todayinliterature.com/today-ct.asp?id=4/23/2004
> >
> > --------------------------------------------------------------
> >
> > Today's Quotation:
> >
> > "Some fascinating photos might be also taken of me, a burly but
> > agile man, stalking a rarity or sweeping it into my net from a
> > flowerhead, or capturing it in midair. There is a special
> > professional twist of the wrist immediately after the butterfly
> > has been netted which is quite fetching...."
> >
> > Vladimir Nabokov to "Life" Magazine, which wanted to take
> > pictures of him at his favorite pastime; the un-nettable Nabokov
> > was born on this day in 1899
> >
> > --------------------------------------------------------------
>
From: "Earl Sampson" <esamson3@comcast.net>
To: "NABOKV-L" <NABOKV-L@LISTSERV.UCSB.EDU>
> ----------------- Message requiring your approval (36
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> From the Today in Literature List:
>
> Today in Literature wrote:
>
> > TODAY IN LITERATURE - FREE EDITION April 23rd
> > --------------------------------------------------------------
> >
> > TODAY: Shakespeare, Cervantes and World Book Day
> >
> > On this day in 1616 both William Shakespeare and Miguel de
> > Cervantes died, prompting UNESCO to declare this "World Book and
> > Copyright Day." This is also the generally accepted day of
> > Shakespeare's birth (1564), and William Wordsworth died on April
> > 23, 1850. (Taking a longer look, the literary births and deaths
> > during this week include Byron, Twain, C. Bronte, Fielding,
> > Defoe, Trollope, Laxness, Nabokov....)
> >
> > To read the full article, please visit:
> > http://www.todayinliterature.com/today-ct.asp?id=4/23/2004
> >
> > --------------------------------------------------------------
> >
> > Today's Quotation:
> >
> > "Some fascinating photos might be also taken of me, a burly but
> > agile man, stalking a rarity or sweeping it into my net from a
> > flowerhead, or capturing it in midair. There is a special
> > professional twist of the wrist immediately after the butterfly
> > has been netted which is quite fetching...."
> >
> > Vladimir Nabokov to "Life" Magazine, which wanted to take
> > pictures of him at his favorite pastime; the un-nettable Nabokov
> > was born on this day in 1899
> >
> > --------------------------------------------------------------
>