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Lolita: PMC Paperback – 7 November 2011

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Reissue of one of the best-known novels of the 20th century - the controversial story of Humbert Humbert who falls in love with twelve year old Lolita

'You can always count on a murderer for a fancy prose style.'

Humbert Humbert, a European intellectual adrift in America, is a middle-aged college professor. Haunted by memories of a lost adolescent love, he falls outrageously (and illegally) in lust with his landlady's twelve-year-old daughter Dolores Haze. Obsessed, he'll do anything, will commit any crime, to possess his Lolita.

But once Lolita belongs to Humbert, once he has got what he wants, what next? And what of Lolita? How long is she willing to be possessed?
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  5. Publication date
    7 November 2011
  6. Language
    English
  7. Dimensions
    19.8 x 12.9 x 2.21 cm
  8. Print length
    368 pages
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  1. We loved each other with a premature love, marked by a fierceness that so often destroys adult lives.
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  2. Lolita, light of my life, fire of my loins. My sin, my soul. Lo-lee-ta: the tip of the tongue taking a trip of three steps down the palate to tap, at three, on the teeth. Lo. Lee. Ta.
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  3. A change of environment is the traditional fallacy upon which doomed loves, and lungs, rely.
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A masterpiece. One of the great works of art of our age ― Independent

There's no funnier monster in modern literature than poor, doomed Humbert Humbert. Going to hell in his company would always be worth the ride ― Independent

A great novel . . . It widens our own humanity ― Guardian

You read Lolita sprawling limply in your chair, ravished, overcome, nodding scandalized assent -- Martin Amis ― Observer

Nabokov's command of words, his joy in them, his comic and ecstatic use of them, makes reading his work such an intense joy ― Daily Telegraph

Lolita is more the shocking because it is both intensely lyrical and wildly funny ... a Medusa's head with trick paper snakes ― Time

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Vladimir Nabokov (1899-1977), born in St Petersburg, exiled in Cambridge, Berlin, and Paris, became the greatest Russian writer of the first half of the twentieth century. Fleeing to the US with his family in 1940, he then became the greatest writer in English of the second half of the century, and even 'God's own novelist' (William Deresiewicz). He lived in Europe from 1959 onwards, and died in Montreux, Switzerland. All his major works - novels, stories, an autobiography, poems, plays, lectures, essays and reviews - are published in Penguin Modern Classics.

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Penguin (General UK); 1st edition (7 November 2011)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 368 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0241953243
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0241953242
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 19.8 x 12.9 x 2.21 cm
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    Vladimir Vladimirovich Nabokov was born on April 23, 1899, in St. Petersburg, Russia. The Nabokov household was trilingual, and as a young man, he studied Slavic and romance languages at Trinity College, Cambridge, taking his honors degree in 1922. For the next eighteen years he lived in Berlin and Paris, writing prolifically in Russian under the pseudonym Sirin and supporting himself through translations, lessons in English and tennis, and by composing the first crossword puzzles in Russian. In 1925 he married Vera Slonim, with whom he had one child, a son, Dmitri. Having already fled Russia and Germany, Nabokov became a refugee once more in 1940, when he was forced to leave France for the United States. There he taught at Wellesley, Harvard, and Cornell. He also gave up writing in Russian and began composing ficticvbn ral books of criticism. Vladimir Nabokov died in Montreux, Switzerland, in 1977.

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lavinia
5.0 out of 5 stars i love this book
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this book is really well written, its written in a lyrical, romanticised sort of way. it almost makes you feel for the protagonist who is a child groomer, which btw is disgusting and i hate. Anyway the actual book itself came in pristine condition and everything seems to be in tact so far :)
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John Vidas
4.0 out of 5 stars An insight into the desires of some men.
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More humorous, longer and more surprising than I expected. Very insightful and a few laugh out loud moments.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Classic in all sense of the word
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Genius and tragedy, unerring in it's ability to pull you in
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3.0 out of 5 stars Exhaustingly too long!
Reviewed in Australia on 26 July 2018
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Perhaps when this book was released and due its shock value in a more conservative time, i may have had a different opinion. There is enormous depth to Nabokov's ramblings but a lot of it went over my head. Interesting style.
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Alex
5.0 out of 5 stars Unexpected
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A real surprise. Not sure if I should laugh or cry? Engaging characters and a whacky story. Do yourself a favour.
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5.0 out of 5 stars it is possible the most beautifully written book I have read
Reviewed in Australia on 27 July 2015
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Dispute this being quite a difficult book to read, because of the subject matter, it is possible the most beautifully written book I have read! For sheer lyricism, this is hard to beat!
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Geoff Trescott
5.0 out of 5 stars Great read. Can be harrowing when you realise the ...
Reviewed in Australia on 23 January 2015
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Great read. Can be harrowing when you realise the extent of Humbert's abuse of Lolita.
Nabakov is a master of evicative language.
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2.0 out of 5 stars The audible experience is great, but I rather want to hear it with ...
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The audible experience is great, but I rather want to hear it with the book. Buying the book and the audio separately is really inconvenient. I think I would not continue to use it after the first month.
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5.0 out of 5 stars It’s cool
Reviewed in Canada on 2 December 2023
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I mean it’s a book, it came in good condition and it was a great book.
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Brujo Gómez
5.0 out of 5 stars Una obra maestra que no es lo que pareciera
Reviewed in Mexico on 19 March 2022
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El autor nos introduce en la mente de un migrante que se inclina por las jovencitas y se obsesiona con una niña de 12 años. Pero la novela es mucho más que eso.
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R. Grimm
5.0 out of 5 stars Great book, heavily misunderstood
Reviewed in Brazil on 19 December 2021
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Guys, listen... It's a great book, unfortunately there are "crazy" people out there (and this includes the directors that adapted it to film) that took it as a romance, in the sense of being a validation of the relationship between the two main characters, THERE ISN'T. The author is pretty clear about that. So, i deeply recommend this work of art for it's amazing writing and advise to read it carefully not to be fooled by the arguments of the main character (not the author) like so many have!
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Casper
5.0 out of 5 stars Disturbingly beautiful
Reviewed in the Netherlands on 22 June 2023
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Nabokov's 'Lolita' is a work of disturbing beauty. It's a tale of obsession and manipulation that is as unsettling as it is captivating. Nabokov's prose is exquisite, painting a vivid, albeit uncomfortable, picture. It's like a poisonous flower - beautiful to behold, but deadly to the touch.
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Franz
5.0 out of 5 stars A 20th century classic
Reviewed in Italy on 5 March 2022
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Gripping from the very first sentence. It's one of those masterpieces that everyone who reads needs to read at least once. Witty and disturbing and beautiful and profound, all at the same time.
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