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THE VANE SISTERS

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Nabokov, V. (2004). THE VANE SISTERS. In Nabokov, V. The Stories of Vladimir Nabokov. Vintage, pp. 619-631

(noun) anxiety arising from awareness of guilt / (noun) distress of mind over an anticipated action or result / (noun) a twinge of misgiving; scruple

619

The day, a compunctious Sunday after a week of blizzards, had been part jewel, part mud.

—p.619 by Vladimir Nabokov
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The day, a compunctious Sunday after a week of blizzards, had been part jewel, part mud.

—p.619 by Vladimir Nabokov
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(adjective) musty stale / (adjective) having a slovenly or uncared-for appearance

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but all of her was curiously frowzy, after a way I obscurely associated with left-wing enthusiasms in politics and “advanced” banalities in art, although, actually, she cared for neither.

—p.623 by Vladimir Nabokov
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but all of her was curiously frowzy, after a way I obscurely associated with left-wing enthusiasms in politics and “advanced” banalities in art, although, actually, she cared for neither.

—p.623 by Vladimir Nabokov
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