Page 80 from Issue 17 beginning, Nabokov has committed the novel's form to the mode of ... end of the book. Before his wife discovers his infidel­ ity and leaves him, Albinus covers frequent ... absences from home by saying his evenings out are "spent with some artists interested in the ...

exhausted versifiers. And if, on the contrary, he is inclined to mock­ ery, he will minimize his defeats to ... means of a thousand prayers; unless he consoles himself with a reassuring metaphysic, pastime of ... the point of rejoicing in them. According to his temperament, he will therefore sacrifice to piety or ...

binoculars. The bushes were full of birds-red ones called red cardinals, and blue ones called blue jays, and ... cold spring day. Brenda's light was falling on half-frozen lakes. We all drove out to the bird ... sanctuary at the city limits. There we got down on our stomachs, each in his own recess, and were given ...

Page 171 from Issue 80 Epistolary Fiction and Intellectual Life in a Shattered Culture: Ricardo ... euphemis­ tically proclaimed itself "The Process of National Reorganization." The motto ... intellectuals (those inside and those outside), 171 Issue 80 page ...

god's voice, and stirring At the earth's core the spirit shudders once more. Spring comes. And ... Doesn't the invitation of a well-traveled man Strike home its ancient meaning? Now it resounds in his ... himself, and now he hurries, Clumsily; now he mocks his chains and Takes and breaks and throws them down, ...