The author’s own copy of Lolita. [via the Nabokov Museum]
Photograph of a young Nabokov with butterfly doodles by the man himself.
Flavorwire posted some of Vladimir Nabokov's drawings of butterflies in honor of his birthday next week (April 22). He adored butterflies from a young age. Nabokov used the title pages from some of his books and inscribed them to his wife, Vera, and other family members. Follow link to see more:
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Ah, somehow, that's very touching.
beautiful! I posted this on my tumblr, creeyore.tumblr.com, and it got a bunch of feedback! so I posted a cute photo of Tanbooty in the sun on your porch--with a link to your website. :)
Miss you! Hope the weather's still been sunny.
Love,
Little Amy
Hi Amy...glad you like this post. Will check out your tumbler.
Miss you! Sunny today!
holy cow those are amazing, and while i knew about his obsession with them i'd never seen images... f-ing fantastic!!!!!!!!!!! thanks for posting.
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Wow! He did love butterflies. Thanks for sharing the link! :)
So neat to see his very own copy of Lolita.
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