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“… he sat on a chair near the lectern, while, at the lectern, Judith Clyde, an ageless blonde in aqua rayon, with large, flat cheeks stained a beautiful candy pink and two bright eyes basking in blue lunacy behind a rimless pince-nez, presented the speaker:”
— Jun 18, 2026 01:31PM
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“partly because, after his departure from Russia, it sidled by in a Gregorian disguise (thirteen-no, twelve days late), and partly because during the academic year he existed mainly on a motuweth frisas basis.”
“Dr. Falterntels was writing and smiling; his sandwich was half unwrapped; his dog was dead.”
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Whereas the degree in sociology… that Pnin had obtained with some pomp at the University of Prague around 1925 had become by mid-century a doctorate in desuetude, he was not altogether miscast as a teacher of Russian. He was beloved not for any essential ability but for those unforgettable digressions of his, when he would remove his glasses to beam at the past while massaging the lenses of the present.
— Jun 14, 2026 05:19PM
