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- ^ See also the archives of NABOKV-L for December 1997 and January 1998. That mailing list contains many discussions of Pale Fire.
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- ^ Nabokov, Speak, Memory
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- Introduction
- Plot introduction
- Plot summary
- Explanation of the title
- Initial reception
- Interpretations
- Allusions and references
- References




