Vladimir Nabokov

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Date: Thu, 8 Sep 2005 13:10:02 +0000 GMT
From: Glenn Kenny <glennk@tmo.blackberry.net>
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Subject: Re: Fwd: David Thomson on Lolita, in case you haven't seen it
To: Vladimir Nabokov Forum

Thomson's observations on "Lolita" are so trite and vulgar that I'm certain
Charloye Haze herself could have brought more intellectual integrity to bear on
the task of evaluating the book at 50. Really, anyone who would equate Lolita
and Humbert with Paris Hilton and Albert Einstein is hopelessly mired in a pit
of self-satisfied poshlust, and can hardly be expected to conjure a single
worthwhile thought on VN's art.
Glenn Kenny
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From: "Donald B. Johnson" <chtodel@gss.ucsb.edu>
Date: Wed, 7 Sep 2005 21:06:27
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Subject: Fwd: David Thomson on Lolita, in case you haven't seen it



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Date: Wed, 7 Sep 2005 14:00:27 -0500
From: James Twiggs <jtwigz@pop.ipa.net>
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Subject: David Thomson on Lolita, in case you haven't seen it
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new york observer
Happy Birthday, Dolores Haze!
Still a Nymphet, 50 Years Later

By David Thomson

Lolita, by Vladimir Nabokov. Vintage, 50th Anniversary Edition, 317
pages, $13.95.


http://www.observer.com/culture_books.asp

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