And here's to you, Mrs
Robinson
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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