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TLS to Madame D. Ergaz from Vladimir Nabokov, October 30, 1951 ., October 30, 1951

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 15

Scope and Contents

Written from 623 Highland Road, Ithaca NY, in French, discussing the selection and order of novels both English and Russian should Ergaz succeed in arranging with a major French publishing house to publish all of VN's work. VN wishes to omit his Russian novels Mary, King Queen Knave, and Podvig on the grounds of their poor quality and his practice of borrowing material from these Russian texts when writing in English.

Dates

  • October 30, 1951

Creator

Language of Materials

Collection material in English

Extent

2.5 cubic feet. (2.5 cubic feet.)

Repository Details

Part of the Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections Repository

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