Ada or ardor : a family chronicle
Nabokov, Vladimir, 1899-19772000
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Published two weeks after his seventieth birthday, Ada, or Ardor is one of Nabokov's greatest masterpieces, the glorious culmination of his career as a novelist. On the country estate of his art collecting uncle, Van Veen meets Ada, his beautiful cousin. Their relationship flourishes, but both were born into one of America's illustrious families, a vast over extended empire, and this causes problems for the lovers.
Main title:
Ada or ardor : a family chronicle / Vladimir Nabokov ; afterword by Brian Boyd.
Author:
Nabokov, Vladimir, 1899-1977, author
Imprint:
London : Penguin, 2000.©1969
Collation:
495 pages ; 20 cm
Notes:
Originally published: London : Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1969.
ISBN:
0141181877 (paperback)9780141181875 (paperback)
Dewey class:
813.54
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
27376
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