Encyclopedia

Lolita - novel by Nabokov -

Lolita, novel by Vladimir Nabokov, published in 1955 in France. Upon its American publication in 1958, Lolita created a cultural and literary sensation.

Books. Reading. Publishing. Print. Literature. Literacy. Rows of used books for sale on a table. Quiz Name the Novelist Who wrote The Prince and the Pauper?

The novel is presented as the posthumously published memoirs of its antihero, Humbert Humbert. A European intellectual and pedophile, Humbert lusts obsessively after 12-year-old nymphet Lolita (real name, Dolores Haze), who becomes his willing inamorata. The work examines love in the light of lechery.

This article was most recently revised and updated by Kathleen Kuiper, Senior Editor.
$config[zx-auto] not found$config[zx-overlay] not found