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Chapters 4-7

The narrator claims to have a common rhythm with Seb, to have psychological affinities.

Seb planned to write a fictitious biography.

Seb could never properly fit into the English society.

The narrator suddenly cuts off Seb's friend when told about another biographer.

Goodman never knew about Seb's brother.

Seb was extremely shy up to the point of being lost in his thoughts.

Chapters 2 & 3

Swiss maids missing Russia unable to adapt to their homeland makes a comeback from Easter Rain and Mademoiselle O.

The passage of Sebastian's book on tyrannical country not originating from the specific place might come from Tyrants Destroyed.

I wonder, knowing Nabokov, how much reliability Seb's brother provides. At which extent should I believe him? And what are his true motives?

Chapter 1

Sebastian shares Nabokov's love for trains.

A "dad on a duel" episode similar to 'Orache,' albeit ending tragically, the very duel happening unbeknownst to the other family members.

Nabokov’s crafts a takedown on someone’s perceived illiteracy that oozes arrogance, humor, and gargantuan contempt.

There’s a dose of early postmodernism here. Nabokov’s style is so fluid and pristine that his experimental structures and narrators prefigure a number of the postmodern qualities.