But what is the reader &quot;ruthlessly exposed&quot; to, his own naivete? And is the reader &quot;seduced&quot; into believing such a &quot;baboon&quot; can be so easily redeemed? As a reader, I don&#39;t hear Humbert in the passage, but the poetry of VN on the hearts of children outshining the Humberts of a monstrous world.<br>
<br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Feb 22, 2012 at 8:24 AM, Anthony Stadlen <span dir="ltr">&lt;<a href="mailto:STADLEN@aol.com">STADLEN@aol.com</a>&gt;</span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
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<div>In a message dated 22/02/2012 14:19:47 GMT Standard Time, <a href="mailto:Rsgwynn1@CS.COM" target="_blank">Rsgwynn1@CS.COM</a> 
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  Humbert ultimately receive some moment of Grace?  I like to think he has, 
  as he sits overlooking and overhearing the children near the end of the 
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</div><div>Brian Boyd has long ago pointed to Nabokov&#39;s brilliance and 
insight in having Humbert seductively place this passage just where it 
is near the end of his narrative. Nabokov ruthlessly exposes readers who 
are seduced by the rhetoric of a child-rapist and murderer. This does not mean 
that Humbert&#39;s fleeting insight had no validity, but it <i>was</i> 
fleeting, and he did not have the integrity to act on it.</div><div class="im">
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