----- Original Message -----
From: Chaswe@aol.com
To: NABOKV-L@LISTSERV.UCSB.EDU
Sent: Tuesday, March 23, 2004 2:32 PM
Subject: Re: Fw: Lolita was plagiarised

In a message dated 23/03/2004 22:01:45 GMT Standard Time, chtodel@cox.net writes:

The main difference between the two works is reputed to be that the German described the erotic obsession more (in)discreetly? than the Russian did. This is not pleasant considering the fact that it was written 40 years earlier and that feelings of public decency at that time were stronger.



I am not a Norwegian, but can I suggest this alternative to the above passage: "the German described the erotic obsession more discreetly than the Russian did. This is not strange/surprising considering the fact .... " etc ?

Charles Harrison Wallace