An edition of Lolita (1955)

Lolita

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An edition of Lolita (1955)

Lolita

1st Vintage international ed.

by

  • ★★★ ★ 4.0 (84 ratings) ·
  • 2,239 Want to read
  • 142 Currently reading
  • 145 Have read

Awe and exhiliration--along with heartbreak and mordant wit--abound in Lolita, Vladimir Nabokov's most famous and controversial novel, which tells the story of the aging Humbert Humbert's obsessive, devouring, and doomed passion for the nymphet Dolores Haze. Most of all, it is a meditation on love--love as outrage and hallucination, madness and transformation.
--back cover

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Publisher
Vintage International
Language
English
Pages
317

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Subjects

erotic fiction, romance fiction, fiction, love stories, novela, literary fiction, classic fiction, coming-of-age, Girls in fiction, Girls, Drama, Middle-aged men, Russian fiction, Middle-aged men in fiction, Long Now Manual for Civilization, Stepfathers, Stepdaughters, Man-woman relationships, fiction, Hombres, Relaciones hombre-mujer, Muchachas, Edad madura, Ficción, Pedophilia, Love, Teenage girls, Translations into English, Teenagers, Sexual behavior, Child molesters, Large type books, American fiction (fictional works by one author), Fiction, romance, general, Fiction, erotica, general, Young women, fiction, collectionID:EanesChallenge, Murderers, Hommes d'âge moyen, Romans, nouvelles, Filles, Kommentar, Sex addiction, Abhängigkeit, Sexuelle Attraktion, Stieftochter, Stiefvater, collectionID:bannedbooks, Continental european fiction (fictional works by one author), Художественная литература -- США -- Американская литература -- 2-ая пол. 20 в. -- Романы, Fiction in english, Erotica, Literary collections, Middle-aged men--fiction, Girls--fiction, Ps3527.a15 l6 1992, 813/.54

People

Lolita Haze, Humbert Humbert, Clare Quilty, Charlotte Haze

Times

20th century

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Lolita
1993, Orion
in English - promotional edition
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Lolita
1989-03, Vintage International
Paperback in English - 1st Vintage international ed.
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Lolita
1986-07, Berkley Books
mass market paperback in English - Berkley edition, thirty-fifth printing
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Lolita
1979, Guild Publishing
hardcover in English
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Lolita
1979, Guild Publishing
hardcover in English
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Lolita
1968-03, Berkley Publishing Corporation
mass market paperback in English - Berkley Medalion 2nd, second printing
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Lolita
1960-10, Weidenfeld and Nicolson
hardcover in English - Fourth impression
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Lolita
1960-01, Arnoldo Mondadori Editore
hardcover in Italian - XII
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Lolita
1959-12, Crest Giant
mass market paperback in English - First Crest printing
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Lolita
1958, G. P. Putnam's Sons
hardcover in English - Eleventh impression
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Lolita
1958, G. P. Putnam's Sons, Putnam
hardcover in English - Eighth impression
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Edition Notes

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Published in
New York, USA
Genre
Fiction.
Copyright Date
1955

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
813/.54
Library of Congress
PS3527.A15 L6 1989

The Physical Object

Format
Paperback
Pagination
317 p. ;
Number of pages
317

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL2060999M
ISBN 10
0679723161
ISBN 13
9780679723165
LCCN
88040511
OCLC/WorldCat
1003652255, 489706288
Amazon ID (ASIN)
0679723161
Library Thing
913
Goodreads
8599554

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Work Description

Lolita is a 1955 novel written by Russian-American novelist Vladimir Nabokov. The novel is notable for its controversial subject: the protagonist and unreliable narrator, a middle-aged literature professor under the pseudonym Humbert Humbert, is obsessed with a 12-year-old girl, Dolores Haze, whom he sexually molests after he becomes her stepfather. "Lolita" is his private nickname for Dolores. The novel was originally written in English and first published in Paris in 1955 by Olympia Press. Later it was translated into Russian by Nabokov himself and published in New York City in 1967 by Phaedra Publishers.


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Lolita, light of my life, fire of my loins.
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