Lolita
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| Lolita | |
|---|---|
| Author | Vladimir Nabokov |
| Original title | Lolita |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English, Russian |
| Genre(s) | Tragicomedy |
| Publisher | Olympia Press G. P. Putnam's Sons Weidenfeld & Nicolson Fawcett Transworld (Corgi) Phaedra |
| Release date | 1955 in Paris 1958 in New York |
| Media type | Print (hardback & paperback) |
| Pages | 368 |
| ISBN | ISBN 1-85715-133-X |
| OCLC Number | 28928382 |
Lolita is a novel, written by Vladimir Nabokov. The book was published in Paris in 1955 and in New York in 1958. It is a very controversial book, because of its unreliable narrator. The main character, Humbert Humbert, falls in love, and has sexual relations with a 12-year-old girl nicknamed Lolita.
After its publication, Lolita became a literary classic and also became one of the best-known and most controversial examples of 20th century literature. The novel was adapted to film by Stanley Kubrick in 1962, and again in 1997 by Adrian Lyne.
Lolita is included on Time's list of the 100 best English-language novels from 1923 to 2005. It is fourth on the Modern Library's 1998 list of the 100 Best Novels of the 20th century.
Other websites [change]
- National Public Radio: "50 Years Later, Lolita Still Seduces Readers"
- Stanford Magazine: "The Lolita Question"
- Slate magazine: "Lolita at 50 - Is Nabokov's masterpiece still shocking?"
- Photos of the first edition of Lolita
- Lolita USA: The itineraries of Humbert's and Lolita's two voyages across the U.S.A. 1947–1949, with maps and pictures.
- Lolita Calendar—A detailed and referenced inner chronology of Nabokov's novel.
- Zembla—A resource of the Arts & Humanities Library of the Pennsylvania State University Libraries, home of the International Vladimir Nabokov Society and its publication The Nabokovian.
