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Anonymous
12/13/25(Sat)22:56:34 No.24947835
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Anonymous 12/13/25(Sat)22:56:34 No.24947835
>She was the daughter of a well-known theatrical manager, a willowy, wispy, fair-haired girl with colorless eyes and pathetic little pimples just above that kind of small nose which English lady novelists call "retroussée" (note the second "e" added for safety).
I don't get it
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Anonymous
12/13/25(Sat)23:05:59 No.24947849
Anonymous 12/13/25(Sat)23:05:59 No.24947849
>>24947835
The second e makes it feminine. He's making fun of how shit authors like Agatha Christie pile on hamfisted Gallicisms so that you know how classy and smart they are.
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Anonymous
12/13/25(Sat)23:21:26 No.24947875
Anonymous 12/13/25(Sat)23:21:26 No.24947875
>>24947849
Did Nabokov really seethe at Christie too? I sure hope not. All his seething is so greatly disappointing.
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Anonymous
12/13/25(Sat)23:34:01 No.24947896
Anonymous 12/13/25(Sat)23:34:01 No.24947896
>>24947875
What do you expect? Everything about him from his opinions to his prose style screams prima donna.
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