Sunday, June 5, 2016

About

Original book cover.

Lolita is a novel written by Vladimir Nabokov and published in 1955.  The genre of the novel isn't clear, but it can be interpreted as either romance or drama.  It is known for its controversial subject: an unreliable narrator named Humbert Humbert who becomes sexually involved with his 12 year old stepdaughter, Lolita.  The novel also provides some background information about Humbert and how his obsession with young girls, whom he called "nymphets", came to be.

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