Annotations by Alexey Sklyarenko

Upon his arrival at Ardis, Daniel Veen (in VN’s novel Ada, 1969, the husband of Van’s, Ada’s and Lucette’s mother Marina) tells Van that it is going to rain in a few minutes, because it started to rain at Ladore, and the rain takes about half-an-hour to reach Ardis:

Telling about his uncle, Daniel Veen (the husband of Van’s, Ada’s and Lucette’s mother Marina), Van Veen (the narrator and main character in VN’s novel Ada, 1969) mentions a perch that Uncle Dan had once clocked:

Describing the debauch à trois with Ada and Lucette in his Manhattan flat, Van Veen (the narrator and main character in VN’s novel Ada, 1969) says that sounds have colors and colors have smells:

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 Igor II, a wise and benevolent king:

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: