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If I remember correctly, there WAS one really funny thing in Lolita, it was the drama teacher speaking, and Nabokov's use of a mixture of bold and italic words to show the way some of those teachers tend to exaggerate and stress everything, even though it ain't needed at all...
I've launched myself into reading Thomas Mann's Magic Mountain.
I've tried once before and failed half way through.
3 years ago a new translation's been printed.
I'm tiptoeing into the novel now.
And unfortunately, the soccer world cup is about to start. Won't be able to do both...
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