Pale Fire
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Pale Fire is a 1962 novel by Vladimir Nabokov. The novel is presented as a 999-line poem titled "Pale Fire", written by the fictional poet John Shade, with a foreword, lengthy commentary, and index wr
First US edition of Pale Fire
Waxwing
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The waxwings are three species of passerine birds classified in the genus Bombycilla. They are pinkish-brown and pale grey with distinctive smooth plumage in which many body feathers are not individua
Pale Fire
…The first two lines of John Shade's 999-line poem, "Pale Fire", have become Nabokov's most quoted couplet: I was the shadow of the waxwing slain By the false azure in the window pane Like many of Nabokov's fictions, Pale Fire alludes to others of his. "Hurricane Lolita" is mentioned, and…
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Bohemian waxwings drinking. Many berries are dry, and access to drinking water (or snow to eat) is important
Cedar waxwing pair passing a berry back and forth during courtship
Cedar waxwing nest and eggs