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- ↑ Frank, Siggy (2012-01-12). Nabokov's Theatrical Imagination. Cambridge University Press. p. 152. ISBN 978-1-107-01545-6.
- ↑ Alexandrov, Vladimir E. (2014-05-22). The Garland Companion to Vladimir Nabokov. Routledge. pp. 459–460, 485. ISBN 978-1-136-60157-6.
- ↑ Bethea, David; Frank, Siggy (2018-05-24). Vladimir Nabokov in Context. Cambridge University Press. p. 46. ISBN 978-1-108-67617-5.
