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Aug 21, 2024 · Vladimir Nabokov was a Russian-born American novelist and critic and the foremost of the post-1917 emigre authors. He wrote in both Russian and English, and his best works, including Lolita (1955), feature stylish, intricate literary effects.
One of the twentieth century’s most controversial novels, Lolita puts readers into the mind of a pedophile and, through Humbert Humbert’s artful account of his relationship with Lolita, challenges assumptions about love and morality. Although Humbert is a highly biased and unreliable narrator, his perspective offers an alternative view of ...
Vladimir Nabokov holding a butterfly, 1947. Photograph from Constantin Joffe / Condé Nast / Getty ... For her own part, Lolita remembers her bestial stepfather without rancor, but she is politely ...
About Vladimir Nabokov. Vladimir Nabokov studied French and Russian literature at Trinity College, Cambridge, then lived in Berlin and Paris, writing prolifically in Russian under the pseudonym Sirin. In 1940, he left France for America, where he wrote some of his greatest works—Bend Sinister (1947), Lolita (1955), Pnin (1957),…
Jul 7, 2006 · Lolita, Vladimir Nabokov's immaculate and disturbing masterpiece, is the story of middle-aged Humbert Humbert and his tragic love affair with his 12-year-old, bubble-gum popping stepdaughter ...
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This troubling pop culture legacy, that propagates throughout music, fashion, photography and beyond, feels worlds away from the tomboyish, unselfconscious girl described in Vladimir Nabokov's ...
