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Re: Waugh & Mitford on VN (fwd)
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>By the time Waugh read _Pale Fire_
>he was damning everything in sight -- any kind of praise from him at
>that point was rare indeed. That Nancy Mitford was a fan of VN's is
>strange & wonderful news at least to me.
I read Mary Bellino's post with great interest, being a very ardent Waugh
fan and the creator of his only extant web site. Last November, while in
Austin, I visited the famous research library which happens to hold his
library. Though my main purpose was to find any comments or marginalia in
Waugh's editions of Churcill's books, I also had them bring out the
copies of LOLITA and PALE FIRE. He made no notes in either, but I had
wondered at the time what his reaction to PALE FIRE had been.
Alexander Justice * jahvah@empirenet.com * Redlands, California, USA
Healthy skepticism and a profound respect for modern scientific
methodology are two clear signs of open-mindedness.
>he was damning everything in sight -- any kind of praise from him at
>that point was rare indeed. That Nancy Mitford was a fan of VN's is
>strange & wonderful news at least to me.
I read Mary Bellino's post with great interest, being a very ardent Waugh
fan and the creator of his only extant web site. Last November, while in
Austin, I visited the famous research library which happens to hold his
library. Though my main purpose was to find any comments or marginalia in
Waugh's editions of Churcill's books, I also had them bring out the
copies of LOLITA and PALE FIRE. He made no notes in either, but I had
wondered at the time what his reaction to PALE FIRE had been.
Alexander Justice * jahvah@empirenet.com * Redlands, California, USA
Healthy skepticism and a profound respect for modern scientific
methodology are two clear signs of open-mindedness.