Lolita (Masterplots, Revised Second Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: Vladimir Nabokov
- First Published: 1955
- Type of Work: Novel
- Type of Plot: Satire
- Time of Work: 1910-1952
- Setting: France and numerous small American towns
- Principal Characters: Humbert Humbert, Dolores Haze, Charlotte Becker Haze Humbert, Clare Quilty, Rita, Miss Pratt, Richard F. Schiller, Annabel Leigh, Valeria Humbert, John Ray, Jr.
- Genres: Long fiction, Satire
- Subjects: 1950’s, United States or Americans, France or French people, Sex or sexuality, Murder or homicide, 1940’s, Jealousy, envy, or resentment, Obsession, Kidnapping, Voyeurism
- Locales: France, United States
The Story:
After the death by heart attack of Humbert Humbert, before his trial for murder, his lawyer asked John Ray, Jr., Ph.D., to edit the accused murderer’s last manuscript. It is entitled “Lolita, or the Confession of a White Widowed Male.” Dolores Schiller, the girl Humbert called Lolita, died giving birth to a stillborn daughter a few weeks after Humbert’s fatal heart attack. Ray defended the manuscript against charges of pornography and claimed it would become a classic in psychiatric circles. Humbert’s confession begins with a summary of his life from his...
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