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Query: "Dormilona" in ADA
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From: Neil <ferguson@northcoast.com>
The following sentence appears about 1/3 of way into Ada.
"The mind could hardly grasp the fact that this morning, at dawn, a fey
character out of some Dormilona novel for servant maids had spoken to
him, half-naked and shivering, in the toolroom of Ardis Hall."
Was there such an author? Is this just a word created by Nabokov? Why
is it capitalized?
I enjoyed working though the allusions in Pale Fire but I just do not
understand the word Dormilona. I would really appreciate help with
this.
Thank you,
Neil
ferguson@northcoast.com
The following sentence appears about 1/3 of way into Ada.
"The mind could hardly grasp the fact that this morning, at dawn, a fey
character out of some Dormilona novel for servant maids had spoken to
him, half-naked and shivering, in the toolroom of Ardis Hall."
Was there such an author? Is this just a word created by Nabokov? Why
is it capitalized?
I enjoyed working though the allusions in Pale Fire but I just do not
understand the word Dormilona. I would really appreciate help with
this.
Thank you,
Neil
ferguson@northcoast.com