Vladimir Nabokov

NABOKV-L post 0006635, Fri, 21 Jun 2002 11:55:47 -0700

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Lolita's mountain monogram
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Godfrey Daniels keeps a wonderful site devoted to whimsical odds and
ends. One such oddity is mountain monograms, and can be found at

http://www.deuceofclubs.com/mts/index.html

It shines a nice light on this passage from _lolita_:

"The noncommittal mauve mountains half encircling the town
seemed to me to swarm with panting, scrambling, laughing, panting
Lolitas who dissolved in their haze. A big W made of white stones on a
steep talus in the far vista of a cross street seemed the very initial
of woe."

The passage was e-mailed to Godfrey, and he kindly e-mailed to me. I'm
passing it along. I cannot recommend his site highly enough . The main
page is over at

http://www.deuceofclubs.com/

It's well worth everyone's time.

Cheers,

Juan



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