Ada, or Ardor: A Family Chronicle by Vladimir Nabokov

Ada, or Ardor: A Family Chronicle

Vladimir Nabokov

445 pages • first pub 1969 (view editions) user-added

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Readers who relish intellectually demanding narratives that explore complex moral ambiguities through lush, layered prose will find "Ada, or Ardor: A Family Chronicle" a compelling choice.

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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. It tells a love story troubled by incest. But more: it is also at once a fairy tale, ...

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Community Reviews

4.0
based on 1,078 reviews

Moods

challenging: 86%

reflective: 56%

emotional: 42%

dark: 40%

funny: 34%

sad: 27%

mysterious: 16%

tense: 10%

adventurous: 6%

lighthearted: 6%

relaxing: 6%

hopeful: 3%

informative: 3%

inspiring: 3%

Pace

18% of readers chose medium
81% of readers chose slow
medium
slow

Plot or character driven?

5% of readers chose Plot
14% of readers chose A mix
78% of readers chose Character
1% of readers chose N/A
Plot
A mix
Character
N/A

Strong character development?

27% of readers chose Yes
36% of readers chose Complicated
36% of readers chose No
Yes
Complicated
No

Loveable characters?

16% of readers chose Yes
48% of readers chose Complicated
35% of readers chose No
Yes
Complicated
No

Diverse cast of characters?

9% of readers chose Yes
15% of readers chose Complicated
69% of readers chose No
5% of readers chose N/A
Yes
Complicated
No
N/A

Flaws of characters a main focus?

83% of readers chose Yes
14% of readers chose Complicated
1% of readers chose No
Yes
Complicated
No

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