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| ISBN 13 | 9780679723165 |
| ISBN 10 | 679723161 |
| Publisher | Vintage Books |
| Book Description | The most famous and controversial novel from one of the greatest writers of the twentieth century tells the story of Humbert Humberts obsessive, devouring, and doomed passion for the nymphet Dolores Haze.The conjunction of a sense of humor with a sense of horror [results in] satire of a very special kind.The New YorkerOne ofThe Atlantics Great American Novels of the Past 100 YearsAwe and exhilarationalong with heartbreak and mordant witabound in Lolita, which tells the story of the aging Humbert Humbert's obsession for the nymphet Dolores Haze. Lolita is also the story of a hypercivilized European colliding with the cheerful barbarism of postwar America. Most of all, it is a meditation on lovelove as outrage and hallucination, madness and transformation. |
| About the Author | Vladimir Nabokov was born in St. Petersburg, Russia, in 1899. After studying French and Russian literature at Trinity College, Cambridge, he launched his literary career in Berlin and Paris. In 1940 he moved to the United States, here he achieved renown as a novelist, poet, critic, and translator. Lolita, arguably his most famous novel, was first published, by the Olympia Press, Paris, on September 15, 1955, and became a controversial success. Nabokov died in Montreux Switzerland in 1977. |
| Language | English |
| Author | Vladimir Nabokov |
| Language | English |
| Publication Date | 32580 |
| Number of Pages | 317 |
Lolita Paperback English by Vladimir Nabokov - 32580
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