The commentator may be excused for repeating what he has stressed in h…

Vladimir Nabokov
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The commentator may be excused for repeating what he has stressed in his own books and lectures, namely that offensive is frequently but a synonym for unusual; and a great work of art is of course always original, and thus by its very nature should come more or less as a shocking surprise. ✨ Vladimir Nabokov (2011). The Annotated Lolita: Revised and Updated, p.60, Vintage
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