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Context. The evidence for the presence of optically thick winds that are produced by classical novae after optical maximum has been challenged in recent papers. In addition, signs of orbital phase-dependent photometric variations, sometimes seen quite early in the development of nova outbursts, are hard to interpret in the framework of optically thick envelopes and especially winds.
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