VN vividly remembered reading and being read to as a child; he also wrote that "great novels are great fairy tales." Considerations of any aspect of this topic are welcome. Please email a one-page abstract to Charles Nicol by 10 March at my home e-address, chaznicol@yahoo.com Inquiries are invited; I will respond promptly. This session at the Chicago MLA in December is sponsored by the Nabokov Society.