A correction. I quoted the wrong paragraph while inquiring
about the "little parricide" in PF*, wondering why the lines "...a morocco-bound album in which the judge had lovingly pasted
the life histories and pictures of people he had sent to prison or condemned to
death: ... the close-set merciless eyes of a homicidal maniac (somewhat
resembling, I admit, the late Jacques d’Argus), a bright little parricide aged
seven ('Now, sonny, we want you to tell us —')..." indicate the young
perpretator was John Shade. There must be other clues!
Please, excuse me for such an unfortunate mix up.
Jansy.
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Jerry Friedman: I didn't remember Carolyn Kunin's suggestion "that John
Shade is the young miscreant that was judged by Judge whatsisname (next-door
neighbor) with the alphabetic daughters, for having offed his parents when he
was but a wee bairn." This runs into problems with the timing.
The more important one, probably, is that Kinbote's statement that the little
parricide was seven (n. 47-48) would contradict his statement that Samuel Shade
died in 1902 (n. 71), which is when John was three or four.