Vladimir Nabokov

NABOKV-L post 0005168, Fri, 9 Jun 2000 10:22:11 -0700

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Re: Audrey Young/Ada (fwd)
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From: Mary Bellino <iambe@javanet.com>

The "shadow of Ada's elbow, as Van kindly maintained" must really be her
breast, mustn't it? Otherwise the appended phrase is meaningless. But
certainly it's possible that Nabokov got the idea from Wilder, and went
him one better.