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of historical trivia regarding books, cats, and other animals. Actually this blog has evolved so that it is described better as a blog about cats in history and culture. And we take as a theme the advice of Aldous Huxley: If you want to be a writer, get some cats. Don't forget to see the archived articles linked at the bottom of the page.

April 22, 2020

April 22, 1899


Vladimir Nabokov (April 22, 1899 to July 2, 1977) was a refugee from two violent governments. The Russian novelist did not keep a cat in the family circle. We find in Pnin, (1957) an account of a magazine ad, which shows a cartoon: a shipwrecked sailor, a cat, and a mermaid, on a desert island. A thought balloon shows the sailor wants the mermaid to be a full woman. The cat though, dreams the mermaid is a full fish. 

 His aversion to any cruelty to animals was a point Nabokov made publicly.  We probably should cut him a little slack on the butterfly killing. 
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