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ADA's Burning Barn and Comtesse de Segur's kiddy classics.
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EDNOTE.
Yannicke Chupin's excellent response to my query (her ref. to "Memoires =
d'un ane") make it possible for me to lay to rest my speculation that =
the BB had some remote connection to that scene in ADA. VN mentions =
illustrated scenes fron other Segur books in _Speak, Memory!_ and I =
have noticed that his allusions to kiddy classics (e.g. Mayne Reid & de =
Segur) usually refer more to the illustrations than the text. (Take a =
look at my piece "Volodya reads English" on ZEMBLA.)
I followed up Yannicke's lead and located the illustrated first edition =
and discovered that de Segur's fire episode did not rate an =
illustration, nor, as Yannicke's note indicated, did the text provide =
anything that might have provided any link to ADA. The highway and =
byways of the search provided a couple of hours of fine entertainment. =
The donkey saves his young mistress by dragging her out of the burning =
barn.
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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Yannicke Chupin's excellent response to =
my query=20
(her ref. to "Memoires d'un ane") make it possible for me to lay to rest =
my=20
speculation that the BB had some remote connection to that scene in ADA. =
VN=20
mentions illustrated scenes fron other Segur books in _Speak, =
Memory!_ =20
and I have noticed that his allusions to kiddy classics =
(e.g. Mayne=20
Reid & de Segur) usually refer more to the illustrations than the =
text.=20
(Take a look at my piece "Volodya reads English" on =
ZEMBLA.)</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>I followed up Yannicke's lead and =
located the=20
illustrated first edition and discovered that de Segur's fire episode =
did not=20
rate an illustration, nor, as Yannicke's note indicated, did the text =
provide=20
anything that might have provided any link to ADA. The highway and =
byways=20
of the search provided a couple of hours of fine entertainment. The =
donkey saves=20
his young mistress by dragging her out of the burning=20
barn.</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>
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EDNOTE.
Yannicke Chupin's excellent response to my query (her ref. to "Memoires =
d'un ane") make it possible for me to lay to rest my speculation that =
the BB had some remote connection to that scene in ADA. VN mentions =
illustrated scenes fron other Segur books in _Speak, Memory!_ and I =
have noticed that his allusions to kiddy classics (e.g. Mayne Reid & de =
Segur) usually refer more to the illustrations than the text. (Take a =
look at my piece "Volodya reads English" on ZEMBLA.)
I followed up Yannicke's lead and located the illustrated first edition =
and discovered that de Segur's fire episode did not rate an =
illustration, nor, as Yannicke's note indicated, did the text provide =
anything that might have provided any link to ADA. The highway and =
byways of the search provided a couple of hours of fine entertainment. =
The donkey saves his young mistress by dragging her out of the burning =
barn.
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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>EDNOTE.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Yannicke Chupin's excellent response to =
my query=20
(her ref. to "Memoires d'un ane") make it possible for me to lay to rest =
my=20
speculation that the BB had some remote connection to that scene in ADA. =
VN=20
mentions illustrated scenes fron other Segur books in _Speak, =
Memory!_ =20
and I have noticed that his allusions to kiddy classics =
(e.g. Mayne=20
Reid & de Segur) usually refer more to the illustrations than the =
text.=20
(Take a look at my piece "Volodya reads English" on =
ZEMBLA.)</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>I followed up Yannicke's lead and =
located the=20
illustrated first edition and discovered that de Segur's fire episode =
did not=20
rate an illustration, nor, as Yannicke's note indicated, did the text =
provide=20
anything that might have provided any link to ADA. The highway and =
byways=20
of the search provided a couple of hours of fine entertainment. The =
donkey saves=20
his young mistress by dragging her out of the burning=20
barn.</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>
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