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Lolita

By Vladimir Nabokov
Series: Penguin Clothbound Classics
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Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov tells the provocative story of Humbert Humbert, a middle-aged literature professor who becomes infatuated with a twelve-year-old girl named Dolores Haze, whom he nicknames Lolita. The novel intricately explores themes of obsession, manipulation, and the nature of desire through Humbert's unreliable narration. Nabokov's masterful prose challenges readers to grapple with complex moral questions as the narrative unfolds.
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You might enjoy this book if you appreciate masterful prose and a richly layered narrative that delves into complex themes of obsession, manipulation, and moral ambiguity. Its controversial subject matter is handled with subtlety and profound insight, offering a unique exploration of human nature and desire.

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Lolita

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Vladimir Nabokov's shocking masterpiece, now in a beautifully designed clothbound edition.

Poet and pervert, Humbert Humbert becomes obsessed by twelve-year-old Lolita and seeks to possess her, first carnally and then artistically, out of love, 'to fix once for all the perilous magic of nymphets'.

Is he in love or insane? A silver-tongued poet or a pervert? A tortured soul or a monster? Or is he all of these?

Humbert Humbert's seduction is one of many dimensions in Nabokov's dizzying masterpiece, which is suffused with a savage humour and rich, elaborate verbal textures.

Series: Penguin Clothbound Classics

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Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov is often praised for its intricate prose and masterful storytelling while eliciting controversy due to its provocative themes. Reviews frequently highlight Nabokov's skill in engaging readers in a morally complex narrative. Critics generally see it as a brilliant but unsettling exploration of obsession and manipulation.

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ISBN: 9780241638439

Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd

Format: Hardback

Date Published: 07 September 2023

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Penguin Classics

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 29.0mm

Width: 136.0mm

Height: 205.0mm

Weight: 451g

Pages: 336

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About the Author

Vladimir Nabokov (1899-1977), born in St Petersburg, exiled in Cambridge, Berlin, and Paris, became the greatest Russian writer of the first half of the twentieth century. Fleeing to the US with his family in 1940, he then became the greatest writer in English of the second half of the century, and even 'God's own novelist' (William Deresiewicz). He lived in Europe from 1959 onwards, and died in Montreux, Switzerland. All his major works - novels, stories, an autobiography, poems, plays, lectures, essays and reviews - are published in Penguin Modern Classics.

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