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Lolita
Vladimir Nabokov
Lolita is a 1955 novel written by the Russian and American novelist Vladimir Nabokov. The protagonist and unreliable narrator is a French literature professor who moves to New England and writes under the pseudonym Humbert Humbert. He details his obsession with and victimization of a 12-year-old girl, Dolores Haze, whom he describes as a "nymphet". Humbert becomes sexually obsessed with Dolores after becoming her stepfather, and romanticizes his obsession. Privately, he calls her "Lolita", the Spanish diminutive for Dolores. The novel was written in English, but fear of censorship in the U.S. (where Nabokov lived) and Britain led to its being first published in Paris, France, in 1955 by Olympia Press.
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Vivek’s Notes
"Don't Stand So Close to Me" by The Police references this controversial novel.
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