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I think that is the original.
by JackFr 12y ago
I think that is the original.
- e12e 12y agoIsn't the original in Russian? [edit: Apparently not, I wasn't aware Nabokov wrote English as well as Russian. Some relevant links: "On Discovering A Butterfly" by Vladimir Nabokov May 15, 1943: http://www.newyorker.com/archive/1943/05/15/1943_05_15_026_TNY_CARDS_000193605 http://www.newyorker.com/archive/1943/05/15/1943_05_15_026_T... [ edit3: sadly behind a paywall ] A (somewhat inaccurate, but interesting) commentary: http://wonderingminstrels.blogspot.no/2004/04/on-discovering-butterfly-vladimir.html http://wonderingminstrels.blogspot.no/2004/04/on-discovering... edit2: Almost forgot: clearly the original uses "label" intentionally. Funny how the verse in isolation seems to more directly reference nature (along the lines of Blake's Tyger! Tyger! -- while clearly that's not the (main/only) intended reading. ]