NP Pale Fire

[Charles Albert]

Always thought the title was merely "Chestertonian"..... Today, from
another place I learned this...

"Мороз и солнце; день чудесный!

The first line of a famous Pushkin poem, "Winter Morning".

...okay, here is a serviceable translation of that first line:

Snow, frost and sunshine - lovely morning!


Russian Library Pushkin Winter Morning
<http://learningrussian.com/library/pushkin/winter%20morning(1).htm>

But "lovely" doesn't really work here for чудесный/chudesny, which means
something more like "magical" or even "miraculous"--the seeming miracle of
a bright sun on such a freezing-cold day."

love,

cfa
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