Vladimir Nabokov's Lolita is a dark and daring story of obsessive love and transgression. Humbert Humbert's lust for his pubescent step-daughter, Lolita, shocked readers when it was first published in the 1950s; yet the novel was also celebrated for its beautifully lyrical writing. Almost fifty years after its first publication, Lolita remains a powerful tale of perversion and love gone wrong.
Untitled
With scholar, aesthetician and questionable protagonist Humbert Humbert as your guide, prepare to be taken on a journey through your own morality as you are swayed into supporting his obsession for his pre-teen love Dolores. As gripping as it is controversial, Lolita still manages to divide readers 70 years later. - Samuel (QBD)
Guest, 01/05/2017
Lolita
Sparking controversy with its release in 1955, Nakabov's novel quickly attained a classic status, becoming one of the most well-known and certainly most controversial examples of 20th Century literature. It has been adapted many times for the stage, for films, opera, Broadway musicals and ballet. Widely considered his best work, this book is a must read for anyone who is a fan of the classic genre. Reviewed by 01jl.
QBD, 10/09/2014