Incidental observation

DAVID STOCKHOFF · 18 Apr 2011, 17:59 · from 2011-April.txt.gz

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From: dstockhoff at verizon.net (DAVID STOCKHOFF)
Date: Mon, 18 Apr 2011 10:59:06 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: (urth) Incidental observation
In-Reply-To: <241282.71042.qm at web84101.mail.mud.yahoo.com>
Message-ID: <288593.11500.qm at web84108.mail.mud.yahoo.com>

I was just looking for commentary on Lolita and found the following brief description of a minor character:

Valeria -  Humbert?s first wife, whom he married to cure himself of his addiction to nymphets. Humbert finds Valeria intellectually inferior and often bullies her. When he plans to move to America, Valeria leaves him to marry a Russian taxi driver. Valeria and her husband die in California years later.

I can't imagine Wolfe would appropriate the name Valeria lightly, especially given Severian's attraction to ... well, they aren't nymphets exactly.

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