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Charlotte seems to see Lolita as a threat, almost as competition, and she sends Lolita to camp to keep her from hindering her romantic plans for Humbert. Humbert, of course, sees Charlotte only as an obstacle to his romantic plans for Lolita.
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Once again, a freak accident—Charlotte’s death—saves Humbert and changes the entire course of the story. The number of such coincidences suggest, to Humbert, the influence of fate (though to the reader it might hint at the constructedness of the novel, to Nabokov's hand in determining what happens).
Humbert is deeply uninterested in Charlotte and her house, until she leads him outside to the piazza and garden. There, he sees Dolores —Charlotte’s daughter, whom she calls “Lo,” and “Lolita”—for the first time. Lolita is sunbathing and wears sunglasses. Humbert is immediately overpowered by passionate feelings.
- Foreword
- Humbert’s Early Life
- Humbert Meets Lolita
- Charlotte’s Marriage and Death
- Humbert and Lolita’s Road Life
- Lolita Escapes
- Quilty’s Murder and End
The novel Lolitabegins with a foreword from a fictional psychologist, John Ray, who introduces the strange story that will follow. John Ray had received Humbert Humbert’s manuscript from his lawyer after Humbert had succumbed to coronary thrombosis while awaiting trial for an unidentified crime. We also learn that a certain Mrs. Schiller later reve...
The story begins with Humbert’s poetic reminisces of his love and lust for Lolita whom he describes as “My Lolita” and “Fire of my lungs”. Humbert’s introduction is put aside for narration of events leading up to his time with Lolita. We are taken to his childhood in the French Riviera and the love affair with his friend, Annabel Leigh, when he was...
In 1947, Humbert Humbert moved to New England where he was supposed to take up residence in the small town of Ramsdale with a family called the McCoos. The prospect of living near the young daughter of the Mccoos excited him considerably, but he was disappointed with the news that the Mccoo’s house had burned down. Mr. McCoo then refers him to Char...
Charlotte however appears to fall in love with Humbert, but her desire to spend time alone with him is obstructed by Lolita’s meddling presence. She sought to remove Lolita from the picture by enrolling her at a boarding school. One day when Charlotte was away from the house with Lolita, the maid brings Humbert a note from Charlotte where she decla...
The second part of the book is notable for its faster pace and sense of urgency. When Humbert and Lolita resumed their journeys on the road Lolita’s behavior becomes more erratic and she threatens to call her mother or the police and tell them everything Humbert had done to her. Here Humbert finally reveals Charlotte’s death, letting Lolita know sh...
However, as they travel, Humbert notices that a man in a red car is following them. He is concerned when he observes that Lolita has been in constant communication with this individual. Humbert fears that Lolita might be trying to escape, although he finally convinced himself that he was just being paranoid. Lolita fell ill when they were in the to...
A heartbroken Humbert then drives away, driven by his obsession to exact vengeance on Quilty. But first, he returns to Ramsdale to facilitate the transfer of Charlotte’s properties in his possession to Lolita. While on the search for Quilty, Humbert experiences a moment of self-reflection where he acknowledges the damage his terrible and selfish be...
Charlotte Haze. Charlotte Haze is Lolita’s mother and Humbert’s wife. She always struggled to become highly educated and cultured woman. However, her middle-class roots always affected her life. Charlotte was unable to rise to a higher role than a middle-class housewife. Her relations with Lolita are rather complex.
To keep Lolita under his control, he relies on three methods. He threatens to turn the car around to visit a Haze relative she despises; he threatens to send her to reform school; and he reminds her that were she to accuse him of rape, she would end up in foster care and that she has no one else to care for her but him.
