Vladimir Nabokov

NABOKV-L post 0002362, Mon, 22 Sep 1997 11:24:05 -0700

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Drescher query re "LOLITA's "Chestnut Lodge" (fwd)
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From: Donald Barton Johnson <chtodel@humanitas.ucsb.edu>


The query is interesting. Some months ago I made a cursory survey of AAA
Handbooks for the late 1940s in the mid-West without turning up a likely
"Chestnut Lodge." One wonders if Chestnut Lodge could be one of the
places HH spends his delusional periods in.

D. Barton Johnson
Department of Germanic, Slavic and Semitic Studies
Phelps Hall
University of California at Santa Barbara
Santa Barbara, CA 93106
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Home Phone: (805) 682-4618

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> 1. Chestnut Lodge (fwd)
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> Date: Thu, 18 Sep 1997 07:26:54 -0700
> From: Galya Diment <galya@u.washington.edu>
> Subject: Chestnut Lodge (fwd)
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> From: Jeff Edmunds <jhe@psulias.psu.edu>
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> The query below was sent to me by a visitor to Zembla. Are any of the
> list's subscribers able to respond? Thank you.
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> Jeff Edmunds
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> >From: Aline/Alexander Drescher <drescher@bcn.net>
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> >The last in the series of Chestnut.....[Lolita] is Chestnut Lodge [a
> >Quilty tease]. Is there a known connection to the psychiatric
> >hospital of the same name in Baltimore? Thank you.
> >A.N. Drescher, Lanesboro, MA
> >
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