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Re: Suggestions for Nabokovian nuptials? (fwd)
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Bring a stack of VN's books to the ceremony and read aloud all the
dedications. This should make the clearest and purest Nabokovian text
relevant to the occasion.
Gennady Barabtarlo
451 GCB University of Missouri
Columbia, MO 65211
573-882-9454 Fax 573-884-8456
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From tgn@nwu.edu Tue Aug 26 10:45:15 1997
Date: Tue, 26 Aug 1997 12:29:23 -0500
From: Trent Nicol <tgn@nwu.edu>
To: Vladimir Nabokov Forum <NABOKV-L@UCSBVM.ucsb.edu>
Subject: Re: Suggestions for Nabokovian nuptials? (fwd)
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I distinctly remember a character proposing marriage by awkwardly offering
(approximately) "the contents of my cuff and the queen of hearts."
Unfortunately I don't remember the book or story. Anyone?
Trent G. Nicol
tgn@nwu.edu
dedications. This should make the clearest and purest Nabokovian text
relevant to the occasion.
Gennady Barabtarlo
451 GCB University of Missouri
Columbia, MO 65211
573-882-9454 Fax 573-884-8456
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From tgn@nwu.edu Tue Aug 26 10:45:15 1997
Date: Tue, 26 Aug 1997 12:29:23 -0500
From: Trent Nicol <tgn@nwu.edu>
To: Vladimir Nabokov Forum <NABOKV-L@UCSBVM.ucsb.edu>
Subject: Re: Suggestions for Nabokovian nuptials? (fwd)
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the explanations you are now reading will be removed automatically. If on the
other hand you edit the contributions you receive into a digest, you will have
to remove this paragraph manually. Finally, you should be able to contact the
author of this message by using the normal "reply" function of your mail
program.
----------------- Message requiring your approval (22 lines) ------------------
I distinctly remember a character proposing marriage by awkwardly offering
(approximately) "the contents of my cuff and the queen of hearts."
Unfortunately I don't remember the book or story. Anyone?
Trent G. Nicol
tgn@nwu.edu