Lewis Carroll did suffer from a speech impediment—but only when
speaking with adults. It cleared up when speaking with children (NO, I do not
want to psychoanalyze that!). At least some of the Alice stories were told
orally to the Liddell girls.
Eric Hyman
From: Vladimir Nabokov
Forum [mailto:NABOKV-L@LISTSERV.UCSB.EDU] On Behalf Of Carolyn Kunin
Sent: Sunday, March 08, 2009 11:00 PM
To: NABOKV-L@LISTSERV.UCSB.EDU
Subject: [NABOKV-L] Query regarding Lolita Paradox
On Mar 8, 2009, at 9:01 AM, Stan
Kelly-Bootle wrote:
... 4 times her age (L Carroll might say
“Frice!”)
Dear Stan,
Didn't Carroll suffer from a speech impediment? I don't
think he could have managed "Frice". But since you bring up this
mathematical problem, do we know how old Humbert Humbert is is (or should I say
"are"?) when he encounters the fatal nymphet?
Carolyn
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