Nabokov, Vladimir
Lolita. Vladimir Nabokov
- ISBN 13:
- 9780241951644
- author:
- Nabokov, Vladimir
- format:
- Mass Market Paperback
- publisher:
- Penguin
- language:
- English
- Publication Year:
- 2011
- Pages:
- 368
- Dimensions:
- 18.1 x 11.1 x 2.2 centimetres (0
- Genre:
- Fiction & Literature, Literary Collections, ,
- Condition:
- New
- Availability:
- Item usually sent within 10 working days
Description
Lolita is a novel that has sparked controversy and debate since its publication in 1955. However, it is also a deeply beautiful and tender love story, told with elegance and wit.
The story revolves around the obsessive passion of Humbert Humbert for the young Dolores Haze, and explores themes of love, madness, and transformation. The novel is also a meditation on the clash between European culture and American society in the post-war era.
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