Lolita | Techniques
By allowing Humbert to tell his own story, Nabokov places Lolita in the hands of a narrator whose values and proclivities the reader, presumably, cannot accept. (A great deal of the controversy surrounding the novel was due to the fact that some readers assumed the author did accept them.) However, because the reader is forced to some extent to share Humbert's point of view, he comes to understand, if not to share, his obsession. An excellent example of this phenomenon is the chapter in which Humbert explains the peculiar charms of the nymphet: His explanation is remarkably...
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