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Lolita is a 1955 novel written by Russian-American novelist Vladimir Nabokov that addresses the controversial subject of hebephilia. The protagonist is a French literature professor who moves to New England and writes under the pseudonym Humbert Humbert.
- Vladimir Nabokov
- 1955
Jun 18, 2024 · Lolita, novel by Vladimir Nabokov, published in 1955 in France. Upon its American publication in 1958, Lolita created a cultural and literary sensation. The novel is presented as the posthumously published memoirs of its antihero, Humbert Humbert.
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Nabokov wrote Lolita while traveling on the butterfly-collection trips in the western U.S. that he undertook every summer.
Sep 7, 2018 · Sally Horner was a 11-year-old girl who was abducted by Frank La Salle in 1948 and held captive for 21 months. Her ordeal inspired Vladimir Nabokov's controversial novel Lolita, which he wrote after her death in 1950.
Learn about the life and works of Vladimir Nabokov, the author of Lolita, a controversial and postmodern novel about a middle-aged professor's obsession with his preteen stepdaughter. Find out how Nabokov wrote the book, why it was rejected and banned, and how it influenced literature and culture.
Apr 5, 2019 · Lolita is a controversial novel by Vladimir Nabokov, published in 1955. The novel draws from various sources, such as a newspaper story, classical music, fairy tales, and other literary works.
The novel Lolita begins with a foreword from a fictional psychologist, John Ray, who introduces the strange story that will follow. John Ray had received Humbert Humbert’s manuscript from his lawyer after Humbert had succumbed to coronary thrombosis while awaiting trial for an unidentified crime.
