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First published in Paris by Maurice Girodias’ Olympia Press in 1955, the book was banned by the French government a year later, on December 10, 1956. The first U.S. edition of the novel, published by Putnam in August 1958, ranked it among the bestselling novels of all time, with 100,000 copies sold in the first three weeks, and more than 50 ...
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
Oct 16, 2014 · Lolita was banned as obscene in France from 1956-1959, in England from 1955-59, Argentina in 1959, and New Zealand in 1960. In 1958, Orville Prescott wrote in The New York Times that these acts of censorship actually led to its American publication being “preceded by a fanfare of publicity.”
Mar 18, 2015 · The infamously banned book: 'Lolita' by Vladimir Nabokov. By. Mackenzie Patel, Osceola High. Published March 18, 2015. Arguably the most controversial novel of the 20th century, Lolita...
Sep 17, 2018 · Vladimir Nabokov's novel "Lolita" is a staple of the American Library Association's Banned or Challenged Books (ph) list. Our book critic Maureen Corrigan recommends a new book called...
May 9, 2023 · After its publication, Lolita was not officially banned by the US government, but it was banned by various local jurisdictions, schools and outlets.
Lolita, Vladimir Nabokov's serio-comic portrait of small-town America, is published in 1955 in France by the Olympia Press. It has been rejected by four American publishers who are terrified of...
