15.01.2013 Views

NABOKOV Vladimir - Pale Fire

NABOKOV Vladimir - Pale Fire

NABOKOV Vladimir - Pale Fire

SHOW MORE
SHOW LESS

Create successful ePaper yourself

Turn your PDF publications into a flip-book with our unique Google optimized e-Paper software.

green silk, and carrying a flambeau in his raised hand, he used to meet, every night,<br />

during a short period in the middle-Eighties, his hooded mistress, Iris Acht (q.v.)<br />

midway between palace and theater in the secret passage later to be rediscovered by<br />

his grandson, 130.<br />

Tintarron, a precious glass stained a deep blue, made in Bokay, a medieval place in<br />

the mountains of Zembla, 149; see also Sudarg.<br />

Translations, poetical: English to Zemblan, Conmal's versions of Shakespeare,<br />

Milton, Kipling, etc., noticed, 962; English into French, from Donne and Marvell, 678;<br />

German into English and Zemblan, Der Erlkönig, 662; Zemblan into English, Timon<br />

Afinsken, of Athens, 39; Elder Edda, 79; Arnor's Miragarl, 80.<br />

Uran the Last, Emperor of Zembla, reigned 1798-1799; an incredibly brilliant,<br />

luxurious, and cruel monarch whose whistling whip made Zembla spin like a rainbow<br />

top; dispatched one night by a group of his sister's united favorites, 681.<br />

Vanessa, the Red Admirable (sumpsimus), evoked, 270; flying over a parapet on a<br />

Swiss hillside, 408; figured, 470; caricatured, 949; accompanying S 's last steps in the<br />

evening sunshine, 993.<br />

Variants: the thieving sun and moon, 39-40; planning the Primal Scene, 57; the<br />

Zemblan King's escape (K 's contribution, 8 lines), 70, the Edda (K 's contribution, 1<br />

line), 79; Luna's dead cocoon, 90-93; children finding a secret passage (K 's<br />

contribution, 4 lines), 130; poor old man Swift, poor - (possible allusion to K), 231;<br />

Shade, Ombre, 275; Virginia Whites, 316; The Head of Our Department, 377; a<br />

nymphet, 413; additional line from Pope (possible allusion to K), 417; Tanagra dust (a<br />

remarkable case of foreknowledge), 596; of this America, 609-614; first two feet<br />

changed, 629; parody of Pope, 895-899; a sorry age, and Social Novels, 922.<br />

Waxwings, birds of the genus Bombycilla, 1-4, 131, 1000; Bombycilla shadei, 71;<br />

interesting association belatedly realized.<br />

Windows, Foreword; 47, 62, 181.<br />

Word golf, S 's predilection for it, 819; see Lass.<br />

Yaruga, Queen, reigned 1799-1800, sister of Uran (q.v.); drowned in an ice-hole with<br />

her Russian lover during traditional New Year's festivities, 681.<br />

Yeslove, a fine town, district and bishopric, north of Onhava, 149, 275.<br />

Zembla, a distant northern land.<br />

http://www.en8848.com.cn/『原版英语』

Hooray! Your file is uploaded and ready to be published.

Saved successfully!

Ooh no, something went wrong!