In VN’s novel Pale Fire (1962) Baron B.’s letter to Oswin Bretwit (quoted by Kinbote in his Commentary to Shade’s poem) ends in the Latin proverb verba volant, scripta manent (spoken words fly away, written words remain):
In his Commentary to Shade’s poem Kinbote (who imagines that he is Charles the Beloved, the last self-exiled king of Zembla) mentions Roman Tselovalnikov, a maternal uncle of Jakob Gradus (Shade’s murderer):
In his Commentary to Shade’s poem Kinbote (who imagines that he is Charles the Beloved, the last self-exiled king of Zembla) mentions Roman Tselovalnikov, a maternal uncle of Jakob Gradus (Shade’s murderer):
In his Commentary to Shade’s poem Kinbote (who imagines that he is Charles the Beloved, the last self-exiled king of Zembla) mentions the society sculptor and poet Arnor who used Fleur de Fyler’s breasts and feet for his Lilith Calling Back Adam:
