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Ada, or Ardor

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Ada, or Ardor	comment	Ada, or Ardor: a Family Chronicle is a 1969 novel by Vladimir Nabokov, taking the form of the longnote Nabokov's longest novel, in fact memoirs of a psychiatrist around 1967 looking back at his 97 years of life. Rather than his career or philosophical thinking, however, the bulk of it concerns his over 80-year-long love affair with his "cousin" (actually sister), Ada from the title.
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Ada, or Ardor / int_130436b9	type	Annoying Younger Sibling
Ada, or Ardor / int_130436b9	comment	Annoying Younger Sibling: Lucette to Van and Ada.
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Ada, or Ardor / int_14a5a8e2	type	Nerds Are Sexy
Ada, or Ardor / int_14a5a8e2	comment	Nerds Are Sexy: Ada as a young girl is obsessed with entomology and botany, and virtually every man in her vicinity wants to bed her.
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Ada, or Ardor / int_17fe1048	type	Naked on Arrival
Ada, or Ardor / int_17fe1048	comment	Naked on Arrival: Ada and Van are both naked in their first appearance in the book, exploring the attic of Ardis Hall together.
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Ada, or Ardor / int_1c219e48	type	Russia Is Western
Ada, or Ardor / int_1c219e48	comment	Russia Is Western: Most of the world is ruled by a Russo-Anglo-American dominion (North America is settled extensively by Russians, and Russian is one of its languages, along with English and French). They are fighting the Golden Horde in this world's version of the Cold War.
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Ada, or Ardor / int_2fcf9bbc	type	Gratuitous Foreign Language
Ada, or Ardor / int_2fcf9bbc	comment	Gratuitous Foreign Language: There's quite a bit of Russian and French interpolated, including a two paragraph letter entirely in French. Vivian Darkbloom's appendix provides translations for all of this, though it's usually understandable enough from context.
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Ada, or Ardor / int_30de7a51	type	Chivalrous Pervert
Ada, or Ardor / int_30de7a51	comment	Chivalrous Pervert: Played with. Van Veen shows no chivalry towards sexually attractive women he considers low class, such as Blanche and the "fubsy pig-pink whorelet" who relieved him of his virginity. However he does shows some tenderness and gallantry towards women whose class matches his such as his half-sister Lucette and the child prostitutes at the Villa Venus which (in theory anyway) recruits from the aristocracy only. His father Demon Veen despite his taste for young girls is very concerned for Ada when he finds out she and Van are commiting incest and tries to force Van to end the relationship.
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Ada, or Ardor / int_46f464b	type	Well, Excuse Me, Princess!
Ada, or Ardor / int_46f464b	comment	Well, Excuse Me, Princess!: Van and Ada find each other annoying at first. Van's feelings start to change when he slips while climbing a tree, and his face lands on Ada's crotch.
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Ada, or Ardor / int_4814d132	type	Big Fancy House
Ada, or Ardor / int_4814d132	comment	Big Fancy House: Ardis, which subtly parodies the manors that are a stock feature of much nineteenth and eighteenth century literature.
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Ada, or Ardor / int_5565bf30	type	Three-Way Sex
Ada, or Ardor / int_5565bf30	comment	Three-Way Sex: Ada coerces Lucette into bed with her and Van at one point. It's not a very ideal situation: Lucette is reluctant, the only contact between her and Van is facilitated by Ada, there's an implication Ada is emphasizing that Van belongs to her alone, and Lucette is more anguished and lovesick than ever afterward.
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Ada, or Ardor / int_586db75d	type	My Girl Is Not a Slut
Ada, or Ardor / int_586db75d	comment	My Girl Is Not a Slut: Van is hurt and bothered by Ada's affairs, whereas he sees no problem with his own. Of course, in all fairness, she had many more, hers were continuous whereas his were on-and-off and she blatantly lied about them.
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Ada, or Ardor / int_606244c2	type	Parental Incest
Ada, or Ardor / int_606244c2	comment	Parental Incest: Mention is made of a man who impregnates his 5-year-old granddaughter (while asleep, supposedly). Five years later, he impregnates the resulting girl, again supposedly while asleep.
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Ada, or Ardor / int_643618e5	type	Replacement Goldfish
Ada, or Ardor / int_643618e5	comment	Replacement Goldfish: During Van and Ada's second separation, Ada makes Lucette her primary sexual partner.
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Ada, or Ardor / int_64f23f89	type	Aloof Dark-Haired Girl
Ada, or Ardor / int_64f23f89	comment	Aloof Darkhaired Girl: Ada
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Ada, or Ardor / int_66181568	type	Outgrown Such Silly Superstitions
Ada, or Ardor / int_66181568	comment	Outgrown Such Silly Superstitions: Religion exists, but it's much less popular and treated far more disdainfully than in reality. Marina, admittedly not very smart, is even unaware that Judaism predates Christianity.
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Ada, or Ardor / int_6a3c49f	type	Direct Line to the Author
Ada, or Ardor / int_6a3c49f	comment	Direct Line to the Author: The book purports to be the dictated memoirs of Ivan Veen (the main character), with assistance from Ada. There's also an appendix by "Vivian Darkbloom".
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Ada, or Ardor / int_72e1bd14	type	Bungled Suicide
Ada, or Ardor / int_72e1bd14	comment	Bungled Suicide: Van tries to shoot himself after his father warns him to stop his romance with Ada. However, the gun fails to fire.
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Ada, or Ardor / int_73731600	type	Lecherous Licking
Ada, or Ardor / int_73731600	comment	Lecherous Licking: At one point before their romance proper begins Ada mentions having a "real tower" moment (three "real things" bringing her pleasure at once). One is the honey she's having with breakfast; the second, an interesting wasp to study. When Van asks after the third, she merely looks at him and begins licking honey off her fingers. He doesn't get it and walks away.
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Ada, or Ardor / int_771f6307	type	Brother–Sister Incest
Ada, or Ardor / int_771f6307	comment	Brother–Sister Incest: The meat of the plot.
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Ada, or Ardor / int_7c9dcc1	type	THeUnfavorite
Ada, or Ardor / int_7c9dcc1	comment	The Unfavorite: Lucette to Van
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Ada, or Ardor / int_7f533ea0	type	I Didn't Mean to Turn You On
Ada, or Ardor / int_7f533ea0	comment	I Didn't Mean to Turn You On: Van to Lucette, with tragic results.
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Ada, or Ardor / int_8077793f	type	Open Secret
Ada, or Ardor / int_8077793f	comment	Open Secret: Ada eventually learns that she and Van's amorous adventures had essentially become a local legend across the countryside around Ardis Hall. Far from finding it scandalous, it's actually considered fascinating and romantic; Ada revels in this, but Van is understandably concerned.
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Ada, or Ardor / int_860b267a	type	Kinky Spanking
Ada, or Ardor / int_860b267a	comment	Kinky Spanking: Ada suggests Van that he should spank Lucette when she is being particularly annoying. Lucette is very disappointed when Van refuses to.
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Ada, or Ardor / int_8c431f2a	type	Band of Brothels
Ada, or Ardor / int_8c431f2a	comment	Band of Brothels: Villa Venus, a chain of exclusive brothels with a select aristocratic clientele.
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Ada, or Ardor / int_8ff8d545	type	Kissing Cousins
Ada, or Ardor / int_8ff8d545	comment	Kissing Cousins: In theory.
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Ada, or Ardor / int_96144372	type	Aristocrats Are Evil
Ada, or Ardor / int_96144372	comment	Aristocrats Are Evil: The Veen family whose male members have a long history of sexually fixating on very young girls. They are also contemptuous of ordinary people to the point where they often feel physical disgust around them.
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Ada, or Ardor / int_973d220f	type	Never My Fault
Ada, or Ardor / int_973d220f	comment	Never My Fault: Ada can engage in this occasionally. When her (terrible) plan to keep Lucette away by petting and kissing her backfires she blames Van for encouraging Lucette's affection. And when trying to explain her unfaithfulness she blames Van ("I don't accuse you!") for triggering an uncontrollable sex drive.
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Ada, or Ardor / int_9f970427	type	Secret-Keeper
Ada, or Ardor / int_9f970427	comment	Secret-Keeper: The household staff of Ardis - bar the more oblivious members - quickly realize what's going on between Van and Ada, and most keep quiet or even occasionally assist them; it's implied that some even know they're siblings rather than cousins. Averted with Kim the cook, however, who secretly photos some of their encounters and attempts to blackmail them.
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Ada, or Ardor / int_a39d6056	type	Nice to the Waiter
Ada, or Ardor / int_a39d6056	comment	Nice to the Waiter: Averted, especially with Van who treats the hired help as subhuman.
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Ada, or Ardor / int_a86069f	type	Alternate History
Ada, or Ardor / int_a86069f	comment	Alternate History: Most of the world is under Anglo-American dominion, with the notable exception of Tartary, and electrical power is taboo, just for a start. The Golden Horde still rules, so it can be inferred that the point of divergence was in the 14th century, but this is unsure.
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Ada, or Ardor / int_ad806839	type	Sexual Extortion
Ada, or Ardor / int_ad806839	comment	Sexual Extortion: Ada claims to Van that her affair with Percy de Prey was conducted under threat of his revealing their own relationship. She might have resisted anyway if they were merely cousins as the public believes, but the idea of their parents finding out made her acquiesce.
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Ada, or Ardor / int_b773ec0e	type	DidNotThinkThisThrough
Ada, or Ardor / int_b773ec0e	comment	Did Not Think This Through: Ada's plan to keep the pubescent Lucette from bothering them and satisfy her interest in Van "was not simple, was not clever, and moreover worked the wrong way". It involved “petting her in Ada’s presence, while kissing Ada at the same time, and by caressing and kissing Lucette when Ada was away”. Lucette's crush develops into a life-long obsession, and Van outright wonders if Ada did it on purpose.
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Ada, or Ardor / int_bff666b	type	Suicide Pact
Ada, or Ardor / int_bff666b	comment	Suicide Pact: Van and Ada at the end of the book. Probably (it's kind of ambiguous).
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Ada, or Ardor / int_c75df49a	type	Shout-Out
Ada, or Ardor / int_c75df49a	comment	Shout-Out: The nonfiction work The Ambidextrous Universe by Martin Gardner quoted John Shade; Nabokov returned the favor by having Van mention John Shade being quoted by the "invented philosopher" Gardiner [sic] in that book.
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Ada, or Ardor / int_cf7bd78d	type	Steampunk
Ada, or Ardor / int_cf7bd78d	comment	Steampunk: Very minor case, but blimps are more prominent, there are clockwork horseless carriages, and telecommunication is done through "hydrophones" (later corrupted to "dorophones").
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Ada, or Ardor / int_cfc52d52	type	Spoiled Brat
Ada, or Ardor / int_cfc52d52	comment	Spoiled Brat: Van, very frequently.
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Ada, or Ardor / int_d243518d	type	In Spite of a Nail
Ada, or Ardor / int_d243518d	comment	In Spite of a Nail: Despite some apparently rather large changes in 15th-century European geopolitics, the United States seems to be pretty much the same, or at least the continental 48 states. There are still Spanish and Native American place names, and all the mentioned states and cities seem to be the same.
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Ada, or Ardor / int_d280a296	type	Teen Genius
Ada, or Ardor / int_d280a296	comment	Teen Genius: Ada and Van are both very precocious; the latter gets a master's degree at 19.
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Ada, or Ardor / int_d2a5bed2	type	Redhead in Green
Ada, or Ardor / int_d2a5bed2	comment	Redhead In Green: Lucette seldom wears any other color.
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Ada, or Ardor / int_de15a322	type	Tangled Family Tree
Ada, or Ardor / int_de15a322	comment	Tangled Family Tree: Walter D. Veen marries Aqua Durmanov, his second cousin, while his cousin, also named Walter D. Veen, marries Aqua's twin sister, Marina. A chart is included with the book.
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Ada, or Ardor / int_e2d0f716	type	Revenge Porn Blackmail
Ada, or Ardor / int_e2d0f716	comment	Revenge Porn Blackmail: Kim, a former member of the Ardis household with a hobby in photography, demands $1000 from Ada in exchange for a photo album containing, among other things, pictures of she and Van making love. Van correctly guesses that Kim has further evidence to further extort them with, so has Kim tracked down, brutally beaten, and the pictures destroyed.
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Ada, or Ardor / int_e43130c1	type	Interrupted Intimacy
Ada, or Ardor / int_e43130c1	comment	Interrupted Intimacy: Lucette as a child frequently and deliberately interrupts Van and Ada's lovemaking.
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Ada, or Ardor / int_ee7a60e9	type	One-Steve Limit
Ada, or Ardor / int_ee7a60e9	comment	One-Steve Limit: Two characters are named "Walter D. Veen", so they're distinguished by their middle names.
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Ada, or Ardor / int_f0c4ce7d	type	The Lost Lenore
Ada, or Ardor / int_f0c4ce7d	comment	The Lost Lenore: Ada and Van come to see Lucette as this. The former reflects years afterward that ideally Van should have married her and the three of them live in bliss at Ardis Hall.
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Ada, or Ardor / int_fe0330fb	type	Brick Joke
Ada, or Ardor / int_fe0330fb	comment	Brick Joke: During their first summer together Ada and Van return from a bike ride "with several pauses", whereupon Ada begins scarfing down food in front of her surprised mother, who asks "how many miles [she] rode" to be so famished. Ada smiles and replies "only seven." A decade later Lucette makes a comment regarding Van's surgical scar, "that looked to [her] at least eight inches long". Due to a nearby band playing, Van mishears what she's talking about, and "modestly" corrects her "Seven and a half."
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