Ada, or Ardor: A Family Chronicle

Vladimir Nabokov Ada, or Ardor: A Family Chronicle

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The text was prepared according to the Penguin Books and McGraw-Hill editions.

Page numbers in Notes to Ada refer to the Penguin Books edition.

With the exception of Mr and Mrs Ronald Oranger,

a few incidental figures,

and some non-American citizens, all the persons

mentioned by name in this book are dead.

[Ed.]