Pale Fire (Q1229792)

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novel, in the form of a commentary on a poem, by Vladimir Nabokov
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Pale Fire
novel, in the form of a commentary on a poem, by Vladimir Nabokov

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    Pale Fire, a poem in heroic couplets, of nine hundred ninety-nine lines, divided into four cantos, was composed by John Francis Shade (born July 5, 1898, died July 21, 1959) during the last twenty days of his life, at his residence in New Wye, Appalachia, U.S.A. (English)
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    Zembla, a distant northern land. (English)
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    This reminds me of the ludicrous account he gave Mr. Langton, of the despicable state of a young gentleman of good family. “Sir, when I heard of him last, he was running about town shooting cats.” And then in a sort of kindly reverie, he bethought himself of his own favorite cat, and said, “But Hodge shan’t be shot: no, no, Hodge shall not be shot.” (English)
    James Boswell, Life of Samuel Johnson

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