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Lolita

By Vladimir Nabokov
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Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov is a controversial and complex novel that explores the illicit obsession of Humbert Humbert, a middle-aged literature professor, with Dolores Haze, a twelve-year-old girl he nicknames Lolita. The narrative delves into Humbert's psychological manipulation and distortion of reality as he becomes engrossed in his forbidden passion. Themes of obsession, manipulation, and moral ambiguity are intricately woven into this thought-provoking and unsettling story.
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Lolita

Humbert Humbert is a middle-aged, frustrated college professor. In love with his landlady's twelve-year-old daughter Lolita, he'll do anything to possess her. Unable and unwilling to stop himself, he is prepared to commit any crime to get what he wants. Is he in love or insane? This is a silver-tongued poet or a pervert?

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Reissue of one of the best-known novels of the 20th century – the controversial story of Humbert Humbert who falls in love with twelve-year-old Lolita.

'You can always count on a murderer for a fancy prose style.'

Humbert Humbert, a European intellectual adrift in America, is a middle-aged college professor. Haunted by memories of a lost adolescent love, he falls outrageously (and illegally) in lust with his landlady's twelve-year-old daughter, Dolores Haze. Obsessed, he'll do anything, will commit any crime, to possess his Lolita.

But once Lolita belongs to Humbert, once he has got what he wants, what next? And what of Lolita? How long is she willing to be possessed?

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_Lolita_, often lauded as a masterpiece, is celebrated for its artistry and complex narrative. Reviews highlight the novel's dark humour and the memorable character of Humbert Humbert. It's praised for its impact on readers, both scandalous and enlightening, with Nabokov's dazzling linguistic prowess adding to the intense joy of reading it.

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ISBN: 9780241953242

Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 25 August 2011

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Penguin Books Ltd

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 21.0mm

Width: 129.0mm

Height: 198.0mm

Weight: 256g

Pages: 368

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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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