Annotations by Alexey Sklyarenko

The name of the capital of Kinbote's Zembla (in VN’s novel Pale Fire, 1962, a distant northern land), Onhava seems to hint at heaven.

At the end of his manuscript Humbert Humbert (the narrator and main character in VN's novel Lolita, 1955) mentions beautiful bright-green flies and prophetic sonnets:

Lolita's mother Charlotte tells Humbert Humbert (the narrator and main character in VN's novel Lolita, 1955) that in the fall she will have Dr. Ivor Quilty (the Ramsdale dentist) 'brace' ner daughter's front teeth:

At the beginning of his manuscript Humbert Humbert (the narrator and main character in VN's novel Lolita, 1955) says that, to pronounce the name Lolita, the tip of the tongue takes a trip of three steps down the palate to tap, at three, on the teeth:

Lolita, light of my life, fire of my loins. My sin, my soul. Lo-lee-ta: the tip of the tongue taking a trip of three steps down the palate to tap, at three, on the teeth. Lo. Lee. Ta.

Describing his visit to Dr. Ivor Quilty (the Ramsdale dentist) on September 24, 1952, Humbert Humbert (the narrator and main character in VN's novel Lolita, 1955) mentions his canines:

According to John Ray, Jr. (in VN's novel Lolita, 1955, the author of the Foreword to Humbert Humbert's manuscript), Mrs. “Richard F. Schiller” (Lolita's married name) died in childbed, giving birth to a stillborn girl, on Christmas Day 1952, in Gray Star, a settlement in the remotest Northwest:

During her second road trip with Humbert Humbert (the narrator and main character in VN's novel Lolita, 1955) across the USA, Lolita falls ill and on June 28, 1949, is hospitalized in Elphinstone (a small town in the Rocky Mountains):

In his commentary and index to Shade’s poem Kinbote (in VN’s novel Pale Fire, 1962, Shade’s mad commentator who imagines that he is Charles the Beloved, the last self-exiled king of Zembla) mentions Queen Disa, the wife of Charles the Beloved:

Describing the king’s escape from Zembla, Kinbote (in VN’s novel Pale Fire, 1962, Shade’s mad commentator who imagines that he is Charles the Beloved, the last self-exiled king of Zembla) mentions lazy Garh, the farmer's daughter who shows to the king the shortest way to the pass:

In his commentary and index to Shade's poem Kinbote (in VN’s novel Pale Fire, 1962, Shade’s mad commentator who imagines that he is Charles the Beloved, the last self-exiled king of Zembla) mentions Nitra and Indra, twin islands off Blawick: