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Footnote maze

Lolita

Vladimir Nabokov, 1955

Framed as a confession with a fictional editor’s foreword; read in order, but the narrator’s anagrams, allusions, and planted clues reward rereading.

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

Details

First published
1955
Original language
English
Medium
Print
Needs the physical object
No. Any edition works.

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