(adjective) difficult knotty / (adjective) ; roug…
Pnin
by
Vladimir Nabokov
June 26, 2023 - June 26, 2023
(read, fiction)
Nabokov, V. (1989). Pnin. Vintage.
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scabrous »
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excelsior »
a Latin word often translated as "ever upward" or…
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sybaritic »
fond of sensuous luxury or pleasure; self-indulge…
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carmine »
(noun) a rich crimson or scarlet lake made from c…
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bathos »
(noun) a literary term coined by Alexander Pope t…
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The 1954 Fall Term had begun. Again the marble ne…
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I am so constituted that I absolutely must gulp d…
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Hagen, playing his last card, suggested Pnin coul…
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Before leaving the library, he decided to look up…
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He also perused the current item in a tremendousl…