Invitation to a Beheading by Vladimir Nabokov

Invitation to a Beheading

Vladimir Nabokov

191 pages first pub 1938 (editions) user-added

fiction classics challenging dark reflective slow-paced
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Like Kafka's The Castle, Invitation to a Beheading embodies a vision of a bizarre and irrational world. In an unnamed dream country, the young man Cincinnatus C. is condemned to death by beheading for gnostical turpitude, an imaginary crime that d...

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Community Reviews

3.8
based on 2,054 reviews

Moods

reflective: 71%

dark: 65%

challenging: 54%

mysterious: 44%

funny: 37%

emotional: 21%

tense: 18%

sad: 17%

inspiring: 6%

adventurous: 4%

hopeful: 4%

lighthearted: 3%

informative: 1%

relaxing: 1%


Pace

11% of readers chose fast
42% of readers chose medium
45% of readers chose slow
fast
medium
slow

Plot or character driven?

8% of readers chose Plot
24% of readers chose A mix
65% of readers chose Character
2% of readers chose N/A
Plot
A mix
Character
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Strong character development?

25% of readers chose Yes
44% of readers chose Complicated
28% of readers chose No
1% of readers chose N/A
Yes
Complicated
No
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Loveable characters?

21% of readers chose Yes
30% of readers chose Complicated
45% of readers chose No
2% of readers chose N/A
Yes
Complicated
No
N/A

Diverse cast of characters?

13% of readers chose Yes
17% of readers chose Complicated
60% of readers chose No
8% of readers chose N/A
Yes
Complicated
No
N/A

Flaws of characters a main focus?

50% of readers chose Yes
35% of readers chose Complicated
10% of readers chose No
3% of readers chose N/A
Yes
Complicated
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