Footnote maze
Pale Fire
Vladimir Nabokov, 1962
A 999-line poem arrives wrapped in a foreword, line-by-line commentary, and index by an unreliable editor; the story emerges as the reader chases cross-references between poem, notes, and index.
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How it’s read
- Footnote maze
- The reading path splits across notes, appendices, and apparatus.
Details
- First published
- 1962
- Original language
- English
- Medium
- Needs the physical object
- No. Any edition works.
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