In a message dated 07/09/2005 03:39:28 GMT Standard Time, chtodel@gss.ucsb.edu writes:

The decoding work in Solving Nabokov's Lolita Riddle (SNLR)proves this went far
beyond simple fondling to include oral and penetrative anal sex.


I have not read Ms Morgan's work, but this claim is surely absurd. No "decoding" of a fictional text prove what went on in the author's life. At best it can result in an interesting hypothesis, consistent with the known data, which would need further evidence to confirm or refute it.

Anthony Stadlen