Annotations by Alexey Sklyarenko

Telling about his ancestors, Van Veen (the narrator and main character in VN’s novel Ada, 1969) uses the word “granoblastically:”

Describing the torments of poor mad Aqua (the twin sister of Van’s, Ada’s and Lucette’s mother Marina), Van Veen (the narrator and main character in VN’s novel Ada, 1969) mentions an exhausting, yet highly romantic blizzard:

Describing the torments of poor mad Aqua (the twin sister of Van’s, Ada’s and Lucette’s mother Marina), Van Veen (the narrator and main character in VN’s novel Ada, 1969) mentions the ‘elmo’ that broke into leaf when they carried stone-heavy-dead St Zeus by it through the gradual, gradual shade:

At breakfast after the Night of the Burning Barn (when Van and Ada make love for the first time) Van Veen (the narrator and main character in VN’s novel Ada, 1969) says that Uncle Dan is all wet:

Meanwhile, Uncle Dan, in delayed action, chased an imaginary insect off his pate, looked up, looked around, and at last acknowledged the newcomer.

Describing the method of his work, Van Veen (the narrator and main character in VN’s novel Ada, 1969) mentions a concession to some farcical 'influence of environment' endorsed by Marx père, the popular author of 'historical' plays:

In VN’s novel Ada (1969) Demon Veen (Van’s and Ada’s father) finds out about his children’s affair thanks to Daniel Veen’s death:

Describing the torments of poor mad Aqua (the twin sister of Van’s, Ada’s and Lucette’s mother Marina), Van Veen (the narrator and main character in VN’s novel Ada, 1969) quotes Aqua’s words to her doctor “I know you want to examine my pudendron, the Hairy Alpine Rose in her album, collected ten years ago:”

Describing the escape of poor mad Aqua (the twin sister of Van’s, Ada’s and Lucette’s mother Marina) from a lunatic asylum, Van Veen (the narrator and main character in VN’s novel Ada, 1969) quotes Aqua’s words to a train conductor “Signor Konduktor, ay vant go Lago di Luga, hier geld:”

Describing Demon’s sword duel with Baron d’Onsky (Skonky), Van Veen (the narrator and main character in VN’s novel Ada, 1969) mentions Gunter’s Bookshop:

As a schoolboy at Riverlane (Van’s prep-school), Van Veen (the narrator and main character in VN’s novel Ada, 1969) is platonically in love with Mrs Tapirov's daughter: