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Notjohn · 01-26-2025, 08:27 AM

What about Nabokov's Pale Fire? I have only the Lancer paperback from 1963. The poem by John Shade occupies pp 23-49 and the Commentary (the footnotes) by Charles Kinbote runs on to p213. The first note, to lines 1-4, has four paragraphs.

I suppose the Kindle edition could simply cheat and set the Commentary as text. If there were no footnotes, there would be no popups, I suppose.

Ah, but I see that the Kindle sample does indeed have links to the Commentary. Alas, even the earliest links aren't included in the sample.

01-26-2025, 08:27 AM	#14
Notjohn mostly an observer Posts: 1,519 Karma: 987654 Join Date: Dec 2012 Device: Kindle	What about Nabokov's Pale Fire? I have only the Lancer paperback from 1963. The poem by John Shade occupies pp 23-49 and the Commentary (the footnotes) by Charles Kinbote runs on to p213. The first note, to lines 1-4, has four paragraphs. I suppose the Kindle edition could simply cheat and set the Commentary as text. If there were no footnotes, there would be no popups, I suppose. Ah, but I see that the Kindle sample does indeed have links to the Commentary. Alas, even the earliest links aren't included in the sample. Last edited by Notjohn; 01-26-2025 at 08:33 AM.