tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21999805.post5541576045150684957..comments2024-03-28T11:28:31.364-05:00Comments on Anecdotal Evidence: 'A Man in Love with the Sound of Words'Patrick Kurphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08436175583386298032noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21999805.post-87023796214196796942020-09-20T19:15:58.898-05:002020-09-20T19:15:58.898-05:00An elderly lady friend here in Cleveland knew me f...An elderly lady friend here in Cleveland knew me for years before she dropped the nugget that she'd audited Nabokov's lectures when she was a student at Radcliffe. I gaped at her across the dinner table, and she went on to confess that, seated at the back of the room, she could barely understand him, owing to his thick accent. Not to mention that he read the lectures while looking down at his manuscript and made little effort to project. She mainly went to be part of the smart set.Fazehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01396363799545495907noreply@blogger.com