Vladimir Nabokov

NABOKV-L post 0000960, Wed, 14 Feb 1996 10:06:20 -0800

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Re: Beheading query (fwd)
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From: Sam Schuman <schumans@CAA.MRS.UMN.EDU>
> Teaching _Invitation to a Beheading_ for the first time, I need help with at
> least two items. First, can any sense be made of the mangled Italian sung
> by Marthe's brother in chapter nine, "Mali e trano t'amesti"? Second, who
> are "the three merry wayfarers, Tit, Pud, and the Wandering Jew" at the end
> of chapter eleven?

THESE MERRY WAYFARERS SOMEHOW ALWAYS REMINDED ME OF "WAITING FOR GODOT," PERHAPS
BECAUSE OF THE LINE JUST BEFORE "YOU ARE SURE HE STILL HAS NOT COME? ASKED
CINCINNATUS.