The Annotated Lolita: Revised and Updated
A Classics, Literature, Novels book. Words without experience are meaningless. Vladimir Nabokov, Lolita //
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I knew I had fallen in love with Lolita forever; but I also knew she would not be forever Lolita. Vladimir Nabokov, Lolita // All at once we were madly, clumsily, shamelessly, agonizingly in love with each other; hopelessly, I should add, because that frenzy of mutual possession might have been assuaged only by our actually imbibing and assimilating every particle of each other's soul and flesh; but there we were, unable even to mate as slum children would have so easily found an opportunity to do so. Vladimir Nabokov, Lolita // And presently I was driving through the drizzle of the dying day, with the windshield wipers in full action but unable to cope with my tears. Vladimir Nabokov, Lolita //
Warning: contains spoilers for The Murder of Roger Ackroyd, L'ge de raison and this bookI remember seeing an interview with Nabokov, where he was asked what long-term effect he thought Lolita had had. I suppose the interviewer was looking for some comment on the liberalization of censorship laws, or something like that. Nabokov didn't... pervs I feel like a mental midget in trying to explain my feelings about this book. I struggle to understand why it is considered such a classic piece of literature. Am I jaded by my own time? Have I heard too often the world "lolita" used in modern contexts to refer to young girls who are attractive to adult men who should know better? I...
