An edition of Lolita (1955)

Lolita

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An edition of Lolita (1955)

Lolita

Unabridged edition
  • 4.0 (84 ratings) ·
  • 2,259 Want to read
  • 143 Currently reading
  • 144 Have read

Exhilarating, appallingly funny, and hauntingly sad, Lolita is Vladimir Nabokov's most famous and controverscial novel, a twentieth century classic whose character's names have become synonymous with the outrages and degradations of obsessive passion. For when the aging emigre Humbert Humbert falls in love with the precocious nymphet Dolores Haze, all the ruls - of dsire, decency, and literature - are broken. Lolita has the power to shock, challenge, and enrapture anyone who listens to this masterful performance by Academy Award-winning actor Jeremy Irons.
(back cover)

Publish Date
Publisher
Random House Audio
Language
English

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Edition Availability
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Lolita
2005 April 26, Random House Audio
Audio CD in English - Unabridged edition
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Lolita
1993, Orion
in English - promotional edition
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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, Putnam
hardcover in English - Eighth impression
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Lolita
1958, G. P. Putnam's Sons
hardcover in English - Eleventh impression

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Book Details


Contributors

Narrator
Jeremy Irons

The Physical Object

Format
Audio CD
Dimensions
6.2 x 5.4 x 1.4 inches
Weight
8 ounces

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL7914598M
ISBN 10
0739322060
ISBN 13
9780739322062
Library Thing
913
Goodreads
7608

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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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