A masterpiece of fiction is an original world and as such is not likel…

Vladimir Nabokov
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A masterpiece of fiction is an original world and as such is not likely to fit the world of the reader. ✨ Vladimir Nabokov (2016). Lectures on Don Quixote, p.21, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
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A masterpiece of fiction is an original world and as such is not likely to fit the world of the reader. ✨ Vladimir Nabokov (2016). Lectures on Don Quixote, p.21, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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