Vladimir Nabokov

NABOKV-L post 0002737, Wed, 21 Jan 1998 09:09:41 -0800

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Re: Dickens (fwd)
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From: Matt Morris - Forsyth Technical Community College
<mmorris@riscy.forsyth.tec.nc.us>


Reading the Nabokov/Wilson letters, I get the impression that Dickens, a
late re-discovery for VN, made an enormous impression on him, particularly
Bleak House. Somewhere in his lecture on this novel he says something to
the effect that the world would be a better place if everyone read Dickens
for one hour a day. I tend to agree.

And of course there is Ada in ADA, as well as several other interesting
references to Bleak House...