Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov
Humbert Humbert - scholar, aesthete and romantic - has fallen completely and utterly in love with Lolita Haze, his landlady's gum-snapping, silky skinned twelve-year-old daughter. Reluctantly agreeing to marry Mrs Haze just to be close to Lolita, Humbert suffers greatly in the pursuit of romance; but when Lo herself starts looking for attention elsewhere, he will carry her off on a desperate cross-country misadventure, all in the name of Love. Hilarious, flamboyant, heart-breaking and full of ingenious word play, Lolita is an immaculate, unforgettable masterpiece of obsession, delusion and lust.
He did us all an honour by electing to use, and transform, our language* Anthony Burgess *
Nabokov can move you to laughter in the way that masters can - to laughter that is near to tears. * The Guardian *
There's no funnier monster in modern literature than poor, doomed Humbert Humbert. * The Independent *
Nabokov can move you to laughter in the way that masters can - to laughter that is near to tears. * The Guardian *
There's no funnier monster in modern literature than poor, doomed Humbert Humbert. * The Independent *
Vladimir Nabokov (1899-1977) was one of the great writers of the twentieth century, as well as a translator and lepidopterist. His works include, from the Russian novels, The Luzhin Defense and The Gift; from the English novels, Lolita, Pnin, Pale Fire and Ada; the autobiographical Speak, Memory; translations of Alice in Wonderland into Russian and Eugene Onegin into English; and lectures on literature. All of the fiction and Speak, Memory are published in Penguin.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780141197012 |
| ISBN 10 | 0141197013 |
| Title | Lolita |
| Author | Vladimir Nabokov |
| Series | The Penguin Vladimir Nabokov Hardback Collection |
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| Publisher | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Year published | 2012-03-01 |
| Number of pages | 480 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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