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Lolita: Age difference and desire
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EDNOTE. I am always somewhat bemused by journalistic and academic references to Humber as middle-aged or even old. In fact he is a mere 37 when the affair begins and 39 at its end.
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From: Amina Q. Jaleel
To: chtodel@cox.net
Sent: Friday, March 21, 2003 7:47 PM
Subject: Age difference and desire
And here's to you, Mrs Robinson
By Paul Theroux
The older woman, immortalised by Anne Bancroft in The Graduate, is every young man's sexual fantasy - this author explains why, even at the age of 61, his enthusiasm for female maturity remains undiminished
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,7-605016,00.html
"Lolita is the self-conscious, classic study of a middle-aged man infatuated with a teenager. She is a nightmare, we know, and hardly virginal, but that does not deter Humbert from his pursuit. It's the source of the novel's comedy, for we see him as he sees himself, a much mocked but willing victim."
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-Amina.
amina_jaleel@hotmail.com
----- Original Message -----
From: Amina Q. Jaleel
To: chtodel@cox.net
Sent: Friday, March 21, 2003 7:47 PM
Subject: Age difference and desire
And here's to you, Mrs Robinson
By Paul Theroux
The older woman, immortalised by Anne Bancroft in The Graduate, is every young man's sexual fantasy - this author explains why, even at the age of 61, his enthusiasm for female maturity remains undiminished
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,7-605016,00.html
"Lolita is the self-conscious, classic study of a middle-aged man infatuated with a teenager. She is a nightmare, we know, and hardly virginal, but that does not deter Humbert from his pursuit. It's the source of the novel's comedy, for we see him as he sees himself, a much mocked but willing victim."
Hi, I thought the listserv might find this article interesting and relevant. Please post it if you think it has some significance. Thanks.
-Amina.
amina_jaleel@hotmail.com