Written between 1948 and 1953, Vladimir Nabokovwrote his novelLolita while traveling across the United States with his wife. Nabokov did not write the controversial story linearly, instead jotting things down as they came to him onto notecards. Lolita took Nabokov the entirety of those five years to complete
Because of the subject matter of the novel, Nabokov originally intended to publish it under a pseudonym. Due to that and fears of censorship, the manuscript was turned down by Viking, Simon & Schuster, New Directions, Farrar, Straus, and Doubleday. Subsequently, Nabokov opted to initially publish the book with Olympia Press in France under his own name. While the first run of 5,000 books did sell out, it did not receive any reviews until the Sunday Times called it "one of the best books of 1955."
Lolita has been met with controversy for the whole of its lifespan since being published in 1955. Despite this, it has been ranked among the best books of all time by numerous critical publications, including Time, The Guardian, Modern Library, and even most recently, Collider.
Lolitais narrated by Humbert Humbert, a literature professor who becomes obsessed with a 12-year-old girl named Dolores Haze, but he nicknames her "Lolita." Humbert marries Dolores's mother, Charlotte, in order to get closer to her, and he romanticizes his perverse fixation with the child. When Charlotte discovers Humbert's obsession, she runs into the street and is fatally hit by a car, making Humbert Dolores's legal guardian. This leads to him sexually abusing her over the course of their cross-country travels.
Because of the subject matter, Lolita continues to generate controversy and pushback well into today. The novel has been banned in parts of the United States, Austria, Belgium, Australia, Argentina, and Myanmar. It has even inspired other works purely published to discuss the novel and the different interpretations that exist.
Lolita and other publications discussing the novel are available wherever books are sold.
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