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The Police: song namechecks Vladimir Nabokov's Lolita ...
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EDNOTE. Very old news for a new generation.
----- Original Message -----
From: Sandy P. Klein
Sent: Tuesday, June 10, 2003 5:10 AM
Subject: The song namechecks Vladimir Nabokov's Lolita ...
http://www.bbc.co.uk/scotland/musicscotland/thevault/big_read/index.shtml
Literary souls that we are here at The Vault, we've dug out our favourite book-related tunes to celebrate BBC's The Big Read. If you've got other suggestions,
Released in 1986, Don't Stand So Close To Me, is about (as the first line goes) a young teacher, the subject of schoolgirl fantasy.
The song namechecks Vladimir Nabokov's Lolita, a book published in 1955 about the affair between middle-aged pervert, Hubert Humbert and a 12 year old 'Lolita', Dolores Haze. Lolita's mother, Mrs. Haze, dies in an accident and Humbert finds himself the guardian of his darling. who, on their first night together, turns out to be utterly depraved and plays the role of seducer. Their weird affair, which carries them on a frenzied motel-hopping trek across the American continent, is climaxed by Lolita's escape with a playwright and Humbert's eventual revenge on his rival.
Apart from previous stints as a building site labourer and a bus conductor, Sting also taught art in a convent school so maybe in this song, he speaks from experience! If you were taught by Sting, let us know!
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----- Original Message -----
From: Sandy P. Klein
Sent: Tuesday, June 10, 2003 5:10 AM
Subject: The song namechecks Vladimir Nabokov's Lolita ...
http://www.bbc.co.uk/scotland/musicscotland/thevault/big_read/index.shtml
Literary souls that we are here at The Vault, we've dug out our favourite book-related tunes to celebrate BBC's The Big Read. If you've got other suggestions,
Released in 1986, Don't Stand So Close To Me, is about (as the first line goes) a young teacher, the subject of schoolgirl fantasy.
The song namechecks Vladimir Nabokov's Lolita, a book published in 1955 about the affair between middle-aged pervert, Hubert Humbert and a 12 year old 'Lolita', Dolores Haze. Lolita's mother, Mrs. Haze, dies in an accident and Humbert finds himself the guardian of his darling. who, on their first night together, turns out to be utterly depraved and plays the role of seducer. Their weird affair, which carries them on a frenzied motel-hopping trek across the American continent, is climaxed by Lolita's escape with a playwright and Humbert's eventual revenge on his rival.
Apart from previous stints as a building site labourer and a bus conductor, Sting also taught art in a convent school so maybe in this song, he speaks from experience! If you were taught by Sting, let us know!
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