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Lolita
Lolita | Vladimir Nabokov
Awe and exhiliration--along with heartbreak and mordant wit--abound in Lolita, Nabokov's most famous and controversial novel, which tells the story of the aging Humbert Humbert's obsessive, devouring, and doomed passion for the nymphet Dolores Haze. Lolita is also the story of a hypercivilized European colliding with the cheerful barbarism of postwar America. Most of all, it is a meditation on love--love as outrage and hallucination, madness and transformation.
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RamsFan1963
Lolita | Vladimir Nabokov
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1. Humbert Humbert from Lolita. As a first or last name it's not weird, but together it's strange.
2. Flow My Tears, The Police Man Said by Philip K. Dick. Probably one of my favorite book titles, and my fantasy rock bands name.
Thanks for the tag @Eggs #wonderouswednesday

Eggs Love it👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 7mo
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Katia Maria
Lolita | Nabokov Vladimir
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Vladimir NABOKOV

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Katia Maria
Lolita | Nabokov Vladimir

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PJNoHd3jPCA&t=1s

“Lolita“ (1997) Soundtrack by Ennio Morricone

🎶 Volendo come sottofondo alla lettura..

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Katia Maria
Lolita | Nabokov Vladimir

..e la guardai, la guardai, e seppi con chiarezza, come so di dover morire, che l'amavo più di qualunque cosa avessi mai visto o immaginato sulla terra, più di qualunque cosa avessi sperato in un altro mondo.

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Katia Maria
Lolita | Nabokov Vladimir
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Capolavoro, un esplosione di emozioni, ogni pagina è un sussulto, uno struggimento, un gemito e un sospiro, uno scavo profondissimo nell‘animo del protagonista, nell‘animo di Lolita, in quello del lettore e in quello dello scrittore che, con una penna meravigliosamente ricercata ma non pretenziosa, senza voler ostentare alcuna virtù, ci avvolge nelle spire delle più fulgide sensazioni in un inno al tormento dell‘amore e dei sensi.

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Katia Maria
Lolita | Vladimir Nabokov
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Un capolavoro è per sempre 💋
#lolita #nabokov #gliadelphi

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dabbe
Lolita | Vladimir Nabokov
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Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks Awesome cover 🖤🕶️📚 11mo
Eggs ❤️😎🍭 11mo
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prcsdaria
Lolita | Vladimir Nabokov

lkm;kmk

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mrp27
Lolita | Vladimir Nabokov
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#temptingtitles #withasong

So far so good. I‘ve been able to use my own tbr pile for prompts but todays prompt proved challenging so I went with a book that has the same title as a song.

Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks Perfect 😍 12mo
Eggs 🎶🧡🎶 12mo
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Sola M
Lolita | Vladimir Nabokov

The book Lolita is about Humburt, an adult man, who is sexually attracted to Lolita, a young child. The central conflict is an internal conflict within Humburt. He has to restrain his sexual desires because of societal restraints. The book is very disturbing and I found myself cringing throughout most of my time reading it.

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cecewalshh
Lolita | Vladimir Nabokov

The central conflict within this book is Humbert Humbert's attraction to Lo, a young girl. His desire for her is considered societally unacceptable and he overcomes barriers keeping them apart by seducing and marrying her mother.

Sola M I read this book too!!! It was interesting to me. 12mo
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cecewalshh
Lolita | Vladimir Nabokov
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Lolita is a classic, written from the perspective of a very sick man. The writing places the reader within his mind as he fantasizes about a girl child who he nicknames Lolita. It's definitely an interesting read, though sometimes sickening and difficult to follow, and I would recommend it only because of its literary value and references in other works.

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Sola M
Lolita | Vladimir Nabokov

Lolita is written from the perspective of a grown man with an inappropriate sexual obsession with nymphets. It is written using his stream of thought as a continuos narrative. He spends his days thinking of fantasies about a young girl whom he refers to as “Lolita.“ Although this book is very entertaining, it is very nauseating and I would not recommend it.

cecewalshh pls give me a chance
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PageShifter
Lolita | Vladimir Nabokov
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Characters were really well written: I really felt how disgusting Humbert's mind was but at the same time it was interesting to follow his way of thinking and see things through criminal's mind.

This was really disturbing to read but that means this was really well written.

Writing tooke a while to get to used to and I personally can't say I loved it that much.

I think this dragged at some point. The ending was again more thrilling.

Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks Thank you for participating!! 13mo
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abookdragonsretreat
Lolita | Nabokov Vladimir
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Check out my full review on Goodreads or Instagram @abookdragonsretreat
Note: If you think you can read this book, then I reccomend it. If it's not for you, then definitely don't try it.

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cephellapod
Lolita | Vladimir Nabokov
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I love this book. I didn‘t know much coming into it besides it being a subject of debate regarding endorsements of immoral behavior. I think a lot of readers really lack a nuance necessary for getting what Nabokov intended from this book. It is not condoning H.H. but feels more like a cautionary tale, really making the reader question their own ethics as they read a terrible story from the perspective of a terrible person.

BarbaraBB Loved this too. Despite the subject 1y
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bianka
Lolita | Vladimir Nabokov
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‘ it was love at first sight. at last sight. at ever and ever sight.‘ book i kind of hated and loved at the same time. maybe that was the intention ^ ^ 5/5

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Lolita | Vladimir Nabokov
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Jaimelire
Lolita | Vladimir Nabokov
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I did not like this book. I found myself skimming most of it. A middle aged predator, a 12 year old girl. No amount of fancy writing can make this palatable for me.

Ruthiella Agree. This book made/makes me so angry. 2y
Jaimelire @Ruthiella It‘s totally vile. 2y
tpixie It was referred to in a book I just read. A bookshop owner stocked the book on someone‘s advice. She had no idea what the book was about. It was a weird book itself. I‘m not certain I could read Lolita either. Calling the 12 yo girl precocious- instead of abused! Pedophilia is not a subject that I can tolerate. 1y
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olliveah
Lolita | Vladimir Nabokov
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- and I looked and looked at her, and knew as clearly as I know I am to die, that I loved her more than anything I had ever seen or imagined in earth, or hoped for anywhere else.

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QBub
Lolita | Vladimir Nabokov
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I have such mixed feelings about this book. The writing was lyrical. But between the French and the round about way of making a point, I often found myself a bit confused about what I‘d just read. Did I mention that the narrator was a pedophile and rapist? Had I read this 2 or 3 decades ago, I might have enjoyed it. However in 2022 any sympathetic portrayal of a pedophile just doesn‘t fly, no matter how eloquent the writing.

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Faith3
Lolita | Vladimir Nabokov
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Read it to develop my own opinion among the controversy. That opinion is that while it‘s well written, and by no means do I see how people think HH is glorified or that Delores was ‘promiscuous‘(she was a CHILD wtf),it was very hard to get through and outright nauseating. Do I think I could understand it more with a second read? Sure. Will I read it again? No.

marleed I listened to this way back when I first discovered I could check out audiobooks on cassette from the library. Willam Defoe read it. I was disgusted yet I somehow kept listening. I‘m still haunted by the experience. Even still, Defoe voicing Scar in the Lion King brings me back to that cringing cassette experience. 2y
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harper.pixie
Lolita | Vladimir Nabokov
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Hear me out, women in the right headspace should all read Lolita, and men maybe should read it at a removed distance. Perhaps as a true crime novel. It‘s revolting and beautiful. It‘s also worthwhile to mention that Véra Nabokov played a huge role in this book‘s writing. Reading this was revolting but revolutionary. I finally acknowledged the potential for male evil in writing, and saw how beauty could so easily pervert it. A necessary read.

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fredthemoose
Lolita | Vladimir Nabokov

#LMPBC Group V - what do you think of Lolita, One Flew Over the Cuckoo‘s Nest, or To Kill a Mockingbird for a pick? Have you read all of those? I also haven‘t read any Vonnegut and would happily take suggestions, or could take an overflow from the list posted by @TheAromaofBooks

BeckyWithTheGoodBooks I haven‘t read Lolita or any Vonnegut! Those would work for me! 2y
TheAromaofBooks I'm fine with Cuckoo's Nest or Vonnegut... I believe @Eggs has read a decent amount of Vonnegut over the last couple of years so she may have some suggestions for a good starter book (??) if that's the way we decide to go!! (Sherri, isn't that the author that your brother loved so you were reading some of his books? I can't remember for sure!!) 2y
fredthemoose @britt_brooke you‘re also a Vonnegut fan if I remember correctly—any suggestions for a group of Vonnegut newbies? 2y
britt_brooke @fredthemoose You can‘t go wrong with Slaughterhouse-Five! I think it‘s probably the best for easing into his style and humor. 💚 I love when friends know me for my Vonnegut love, so thank you. 💚 2y
Eggs God bless you mr rosewater, and slaughterhouse 5 @TheAromaofBooks Yes you remembered correctly! 2y
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ReadingEnvy
Lolita | Vladimir Nabokov
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Reading Envy Podcast Episode 243: Russian Novel Speed Date *BONUS EPISODE*

It's been a while since I've done a speed dating bonus episode, and this one is all about Russian novels for the Reading Envy Russia novel quarter. I discuss books I tried, what I thought of them, and books I read previously.

Listen and subscribe:
https://tinyurl.com/ReadingEnvy243

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SqueakyChu
Lolita | Vladimir Nabokov
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I started reading this book for an online book club. Regardless of the subject matter, the writing did not hook me from the onset. I‘m bailing for now. Maybe I‘ll return to this book at a later date. Maybe not.

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guidosophia
Lolita | Vladimir Nabokov
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call it a classic, i don‘t care, i just think it‘s way too icky. sure maybe the writing style is nice but it‘s impossible to enjoy this book because of how sick it is

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yoavshai
Lolita | Vladimir Nabokov
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#BookCoverChallenge
Day 161.
Here I will note 365 books (or as many as I will have before I get tired) that have shaped my taste in literature. No explanations, no reviews. Just the cover of the book.
I do not challenge anyone. You are all welcome to take part.

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IuliaC
Lolita | Vladimir Nabokov
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"Human life is but a series of footnotes to a vast obscure unfinished masterpiece."

"Life is just one small piece of light between two eternal darknesses."

A fabulous and scandalous classic literary work of art I am glad I finally read.

Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks Awesome quotes!! Stacked 📚 2y
IuliaC @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks This novel is a treasure of quotes 😊 2y
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Liz_M It is an amazing book if one can get past the subject matter. Jeremy Irons narrated an audio book and that is a stunning piece of work! 2y
IuliaC @Liz_M I totally agree! 👍 2y
Graywacke Those quotes are terrific. Congrats on getting to it. (I read it for the first time last spring) 2y
IuliaC @Graywacke 👍 I have no idea why I postponed reading it for so long 2y
Graywacke @IuliaC yeah. I‘ve stacks of unread books (real and hypothetical stacks) that I have some thought for. 2y
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GinaKButler
Lolita | Vladimir Nabokov
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Starting this today for my Catching Up On The Classics Challenge.
#bookspinbingo

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itsyvetperez
Lolita | Vladimir Nabokov
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" and the rest is rust and stardust."

-- 4⭐️

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Staci
Lolita | Vladimir Nabokov
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Every time I thought about how beautifully written some lines were, I was reminded that the main character was obsessed with a 14 year old child! 🤬

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rachelk
Lolita | Vladimir Nabokov
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Some publishers and reviewers described this novel as a ‘love‘ story. No. The villain protagonist objectifies and sexualizes girls that he deems ‘nymphets‘. He plans to drug and rape Delores on their first night alone. He is a monster and she is a victim. And yet, Nabokov masterfully takes in readers with dark humor, satire, brilliant word play and elegant, self-aware prose. From a literary standpoint it‘s an achievement.

Ruthiella Totally agree! I hate, hate, hate most of the covers for this title too which usually have an objectified image of a girl on them. Delores is not Lolita. Lolita is a pretense that H.H. uses to excuse his repeated sexual abuse of a child. 2y
rachelk @Ruthiella You are absolutely right. 2y
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Ast_Arslan
Lolita | Nabokov Vladimir
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Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks Cool photo!! 3y
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Michellesibs
Lolita | Vladimir Nabokov
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I'm glad I've read this, it's a classic piece of Russian literature, ground breaking in its own time period and referred too a lot in modern media however I was expecting more. I think I'm a weird individual thats a bit upset that I wasn't comfortable enough reading this 🤣

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Ast_Arslan
Lolita | Nabokov Vladimir
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I am posting one book per day from my to-be-read collection. No description and providing no reason for wanting to read it. Some will be old, some will be new - don't judge me, I have a lot of books.

Day 36th

Join the fun if you want!

#tbrpile

AmyG Lolita is a favorite. So very good. 3y
Ast_Arslan @AmyG 😉👍🏻 I hope to like it too 3y
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GatheringBooks
Lolita | Vladimir Nabokov
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TheSpineView
Lolita | Vladimir Nabokov
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#MayCharacters @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks @Eggs
Prompt: Merciless

Humbert is a horrible person. He is a sexual predator and he has no remorse.

BoleyBooks It is easy to have a love/ hate relationship with this book. I figure if an author can illicit emotions from a reader whether it be good or bad...even disgust...then the job was executed well. On some level we all feel that if we can come to “understand” the minds and motivations of serial killers and perverts that perhaps through study we can learn to “fix” deviant behavior. 🤓 (edited) 3y
Eggs Great choice 🙌🏻 3y
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Eggs @BoleyBooks Well said👏🏻👏🏻 3y
BarbaraBB I love the book but this cover 😱 3y
Ruthiella @BarbaraBB I have a real problem with almost every cover for this title as the usually provide a sexualized image of a child. Delores in the book is only a little girl. It is HH who sees her as “Lolita”. 3y
BarbaraBB @Ruthiella I agree, the covers are mostly insinuating the wrong thing. 3y
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Graywacke
Lolita | Vladimir Nabokov
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Such a controversial book. First, it was really difficult to read after a while. It just gets confusing and I felt a little lost here and there. Second, it‘s not offensive in that our HH exposes the harm he caused. Third, it starts of funny, like for 100 pages. Then it transforms, goes dark and difficult and becomes a fascinating and pretty amazing novel. I‘m actually not quite sure what he did. This wants a reread.

BarbaraBB Great review and graphic. It‘s a book I want to reread too. 3y
Graywacke @BarbaraBB thanks. I would really like to reread with a group. Maybe there‘s interest. ?? 3y
SqueakyChu It depends when you do it...and if I can find my copy. 3y
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Graywacke @SqueakyChu oh, good to know. Happy to find a convenient time. I don‘t have any plan. 3y
BarbaraBB I‘d be interested!! 3y
eeclayton Depending on when it happens, I'd love to join in, too! 3y
Graywacke @BarbaraBB @eeclayton yay! Thinking about when. Let me know if you (including @SqueakyChu ) have a preference for when. June/July? Fall? Winter? 3y
SqueakyChu @Graywacke @BarbaraBB @eeclayton No preference. Just give me a heads up beforehand so I‘ll be able to squeeze it in. My reading had been so slow since the pandemic started, but it‘s picking up a bit now. Are you doing it here on Litsy or on LT? (edited) 3y
BarbaraBB I would prefer the fall since I am just about to start reading the shortlist of the Women‘s Prize and CampToB. If that‘s too far away for you please feel free to set an earlier date and I‘ll see if I can join! 3y
Graywacke @SqueakyChu @BarbaraBB fall is more to my own preference. I would like a little separation before I read it again. 3y
SqueakyChu @Graywacke @BarbaraBB @eeclayton Maybe by fall, I‘ll find my copy! 😂 3y
Graywacke @SqueakyChu that‘s the spirit! 😆 3y
eeclayton Fall sounds good to me, too ☺️ @Graywacke @BarbaraBB @SqueakyChu 3y
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Whalien99
Lolita | Vladimir Nabokov
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4 stars

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LesleyAnne
Lolita | Vladimir Nabokov
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I made up a cocktail for your next Nabokov read called Lepido-Nabokov: 3oz of vodka, .5 Oz blackberry brandy and .75oz St Germain. 📚🍸 definitely helps the strange parts go down smoother and enjoy his lovely multilingual prose... but just sip slowly since it‘s definitely strong!

TheNeverendingTBR Welcome to Litsy! 🙋‍♂️ 3y
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Graywacke
Lolita | Vladimir Nabokov
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Finally, I‘ve started.

(and...do I see Petrarch? Just imagining that?)

SqueakyChu I have this book. One day I‘ll read it as well. :D 3y
Graywacke @SqueakyChu been prepping for it since jan 2020. 🙂 3y
SqueakyChu @Graywacke Heh! It seems I have TWO copies of this book in my house. One from 2020 and the other from 2014...along with hundreds of other books to be read. Oh, well. :) 3y
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Graywacke @SqueakyChu 🙂 part of you is clearly determined. If you‘re interested in a buddy read let me know. But also tag me when (if) you do so I won‘t miss it. 3y
SqueakyChu @Graywacke It for sure won‘t be any time soon. Too many things are higher on my list at this time. Eventually I‘ll get to it. 3y
BarbaraBB Such a fantastic book. I have two others on my wishlist thanks to you! 3y
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Lcsmcat
Lolita | Vladimir Nabokov
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TheSpineView Love this quote! 💛 3y
AmyG Yes, that is a great quote. 3y
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rajithr
Lolita | Vladimir Nabokov
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Thanks @DarkMina 1. My daughter and I have a lot of conversations about the books we ❤️ 2. My daughter and my son 3. Nabokov‘s Lolita @Cinfhen @The_Heeler_Booklife @Lauram

Cinfhen Thanks for the tag 💗I recently read Lolita for the first time... it‘s good!! Disturbing but not yucky 🤢 3y
The_Heeler_Booklife Thanks for the tag! 3y
DarkMina @rajithr You‘re welcome! 3y
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Sha0102
Lolita | Vladimir Nabokov
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The special class of satire to which “Lolita” belongs is small but select, and Mr. Nabokov has produced one of its finest examples. ♦(Donald Malcolm - The New Yorker)

#Lolita #VladimirNabokov #livro #book #bookaholic #booklovers #ler #leitura #leitora #reading #instabook #instaread #instabooks #bookstagram #litsy #booklover #readingabook #amreading #books #kindle #Sha2021

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maich
Lolita | Vladimir Nabokov
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CBee Maja, I just got your Christmas letter/card last week! 😂 I‘ve mailed one back to you, here‘s hoping it‘ll get there before July! ♥️😁 @maich (edited) 3y
maich @CBee 😂😂 Maybe I'll receive it before Summer vacation😂 3y
CBee @maich I hope so!! 😁 3y
maich @CBee 😂😂 3y
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SamAnne
Lolita | Vladimir Nabokov
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I've not read Lolita. Am planning to read My Dark Vanessa soon. Thought-provoking piece by the actress an screenwriter Emily Mortimer in today's NYT. Adapted from an essay from the forthcoming anthology Lolita in the After Life. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/02/books/review/lolita-obscenity-cancel-culture-...

marleed Oh that‘s interesting. In the early 90‘s I discovered books recorded on cassette tape at my library. Jeremy Irons recorded Lolita and I listened on my 30 minute commute to and from work. I still remember pulling over in a parking lot and rolling down my window thinking I might get sick from the telling of this book. ... Soon after, his voice of Scar was a near-constant on video tape. I still see that dastardly lion and think Lolita! 3y
SamAnne @marleed Great actor, but Jeremy Irons is so creepy. Contemplating reading the book but.... 3y
Jeg A couple of years ago I picked Lolita for our bookclub as I hadn‘t read it. Interesting. I‘ve just finished a book The Real Lolita which gives an interesting insight into the fictional Lolita. 3y
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Anna40 Thanks for sharing! Did you watch the film adaptation (i.e. your photo in this post) - forgot the name of the film 3y
SamAnne @Anna40. I‘ve not watched The Bookshop! I like Emily Mortimer and think I will watch it. Have you watched it? (edited) 3y
Anna40 No, but want to see it too. It's available on Kanooy through my library :) 3y
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ctelford
Lolita | Vladimir Nabokov
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⭐️⭐️ - don‘t think I‘ll be recommending this to people if I‘m honest (sorry @JoeAllen22 !) Overall the writing style was difficult to get behind, most likely due to the time it was written, and the story wasn‘t quite my cup of tea, for quite obvious reasons.

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TheNeverendingTBR
Lolita | Nabokov Vladimir
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This has been one that's been on my to-read list for many years because I love classics and this one is always high up on the best books of all time lists; I'm glad I finally read it. It's a very good piece of literature. 📚

Full review ⤵️
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/3857920451

GinaKButler This is on my list this year, too! I‘m going to have to read it sooner rather than later! 3y
intothehallofbooks I‘ve always wondered about this one! I know I‘ll pick it up at some point. 3y
TheNeverendingTBR @GinaKButler @intothehallofbooks definitely worth a read, it's not in the best books of all time lists for nothing. 👍 3y
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