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Footnote maze

Ada, or Ardor

Vladimir Nabokov, 1969

Ends with notes by an anagrammatic editor, Vivian Darkbloom; the reader moves between the text and notes to catch the novel’s multilingual puns and references.

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How it’s read

Footnote maze
The reading path splits across notes, appendices, and apparatus.

Details

First published
1969
Original language
English
Medium
Print
Needs the physical object
No. Any edition works.

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