Vladimir Nabokov

NABOKV-L post 0004502, Mon, 18 Oct 1999 13:33:36 -0700

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Bolt addendum: Hairy Hermaphrodite: Humbert's Hand (fwd)
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I forgot to mention "congress,"
which, along with "gratuitous"
and "aroused," and for that
matter "a total stranger" are
strong evidence of sex and what
might be called "applied sexual
fantasy."

Masturbation referred to as "congress"
--a legalistic term of the kind
Humbert loves to fondle--is a
typical irony for this novel.


Tom Bolt
bolt@tbolt.com