Lolita - Vladimir Nabokov Reviews

Vladimir Nabokov Lolita is the most amazing love story I have ever encountered. Like James Joyce, Vladimir Nabokov demonstrates an acute understanding and precise execution of the English language. A large vocabulary and the talent to develop characters and their characteristics is the main benefactors behind Vladimir Nabokov' literature. ...

40 years after its publication the book Lolita is still an object of scandal. Few consider this novel as an encouragement to paedophilia and it was actually refused in its time by the whole lot of American editors. Of course Nabokov knew what he was writing and by telling the love affair between a man of 40 years old and a girl of 12 he was ...

This is a very difficult book both to read and to review, which is not a reflection on the writing (outstanding), but on the subject matter. The main character, Humbert, recounts the story of Lolita from his prison cell. He is a paedophile. It is a shame to give away the story so I will leave the details out! - but he marries a ...

There is a fine line which separates poetry and prose – most authors sit on one side sometimes with short forays into the opposite. “Lolita”, from beginning to end, straddles the line, a foot in each camp: making this one of the most enjoyable reads in modern literature despite the somewhat controversial subject matter. ...

Probably the most distressing of all crimes is that commited by the paedophile, right? They are sick, twisted individuals whose actions are beyond all condemnation and help, right? This is my opinion, and even after reading Lolita, those opinions stay the same. The novel, however, is a masterpiece. Seen as high art by the critics, and cheap ...

I felt I was in the presence of great genius while reading "Lolita". Nabokov's prose style is reason alone to read this stunning work of art; it was to me the closest thing to "singing" I have ever come upon. The Dolores 'Lolita' Haze character was so tragic and compelling that I cannot understand why anyone who ...

The story of a Humbert Humbert. He begins with his life as a young boy growing up in the countryside of France. He tells of his first love,of his first sexual experience. Throughout his adult life Humbert had tried relationships with other grown woman, but he had always been drawn to the young, unmatured body of preadolesenced girls. He struggles ...

Ok, so most of you probably the plot of this one even if you've never read it. A fifty year old man has unnatural desires for pre-teen 'nympets' - so he marries his landlady so that he can get closer to the real object of his desires, her 12 year old daughter. The most shocking thing about this book is not the scenes of ...