Vladimir Nabokov

NABOKV-L post 0009791, Tue, 11 May 2004 16:48:58 -0700

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Fw: Revenge (not plagiarism)
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From: "Brian Howell" <fanshaw@123mail.org>
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> I've just read the early 'Revenge'. What a delightfully creepy story. I
> must say that I had no idea that N dabbled with the supernatural in his
> stories so much ... Anyway, in keeping with the plagiarism mania, I once
> wrote a story about a middle-aged man who returns from the Continent and
> meets two teenagers on a ferry who are carrying a mysterious stone with
> them. There is a shift of POV from the initial scene at one stage to that
> of the two teenage girls, then it returns to the main character,
> something for which I always gets critcised (by the POV police in writing
> workshops). Anyway, lo and behold, in 'Revenge' the POV shifts in a
> similar fashion after the initial scene on the ferry to that of the
> professor's wife awaiting his arrival, then quickly returns to his. I
> hope I never get accused of plagiarising the story, because I swear that
> I hadn't read the story befor!
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> Brian Howell
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