Lolita (The Penguin Vladimir Nabokov Hardback Collection)

English language

Published June 18, 2007

ISBN:
978-0-14-102349-6
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4 stars (66 reviews)

Lolita is a 1955 novel written by Russian-American novelist Vladimir Nabokov. The novel is notable for its controversial subject: the protagonist and unreliable narrator, a middle-aged literature professor under the pseudonym Humbert Humbert, is obsessed with a 12-year-old girl, Dolores Haze, with whom he becomes sexually involved after he becomes her stepfather. "Lolita" is his private nickname for Dolores. The novel was originally written in English and first published in Paris in 1955 by Olympia Press. Later it was translated into Russian by Nabokov himself and published in New York City in 1967 by Phaedra Publishers. Lolita quickly attained a classic status. The novel was adapted into a film by Stanley Kubrick in 1962, and another film by Adrian Lyne in 1997. It has also been adapted several times for the stage and has been the subject of two operas, two ballets, and an acclaimed, but commercially unsuccessful, Broadway musical. …

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Review of 'Lolita' on 'Goodreads'

4 stars

uh im 90% through the book. its at the part where he's starting to reflect on how poorly he treated dolly and how traumatizing her childhood was, and unfortunately i am a pissbaby and cannot go any further. so lets just say i finished it ok? :] i dont really want to see this book ever again.

nabokovs writing is funny and charming. but this subject is difficult for me and strikes a bad chord in my heart . i feel sick to my stomach, no offence.

Review of 'Lolita (The Penguin Vladimir Nabokov Hardback Collection)' on 'Goodreads'

4 stars

Probably the most cleverly written book that I’ve ever read, but I don’t know why it had to be about such a vulgar topic. It was the epitome of awful taste, but great execution. Fortunately the most lurid scenes are only alluded to or described in metaphor. I’m looking forward to reading Nabokov’s other books which I hope will keep the same level of wit while having a plot that can’t possibly be as indecent as “Lolita”.

Review of 'Lolita' on 'Goodreads'

5 stars

A good book is always the type you have to read many times. It's not always, but it's usually the case.

Lolita is a marvelous product of prose-writing. More than that, however, is the soul of a love story "crossed by the stars". It's not an easy read, as the images melt so seamlessly it gets one lost on occasion. That's the point. That's what writing is supposed to be, I guess, for the purposes of the great Vladimir Nabokov. The walls of creative writing broke down in his prose, and, as a millenial, I have only discovered it.

No, it's not an easy read, but for the reader itself, it's a test of character of gaining substance amid a meticulous style. Humbert's meditations on love, life, and his darling Lolita looks, at first, a prelude to erotic adventures. But no, no, mistaken was the reader for such perceptions that …

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