Vladimir Nabokov

NABOKV-L post 0009825, Tue, 18 May 2004 11:05:20 -0700

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The Real Scoop on LO
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LOLITA by Nabokov, Vladimir Vladimirovich






Nabokov's notorious erotic murder mystery takes the form of a monologue by his hero, Humbert Humbert, as he attempts to justify his love for and obsession with the barely adolescent Lolita. Humbert Humbert is contrasted with the evil Quilty, who pursues Lolita not out of love but out of lust and selfishness, and who functions as a kind of double...