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Questions about the novel 'Pnin' (1957) by Vladimir Nabokov. Use with the tag [vladimir-nabokov]. Since this novel was originally written in English, it does not need a language tag.

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Allusion in Nabokov's Pnin

In chapter 3, section 6 of Nabokov's Pnin, the main character is carrying a reference work "mainly devoted to Tolstoyana" across the Waindell campus when he drops it by accident: Pnin, on ...
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