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I haven‘t read Lolita. This is supposed to be a precursor - an earlier pedophile story written in 1939 in France (as WWII kicked off) in perfect Russian prose and then lost. The rediscovered manuscript was translated in 1985. Its funny - first. The unnamed perv almost accidentally becomes decent, as fickle fate toys with his dark plans, and he dreads every piece of good news. It ends sick in several ways, but an entertaining story.

Started this morning and I‘m nearly done. This is a precursor to Lolita, an abandoned Russian language manuscript. It‘s entertaining and quotable as the narrator appears to do the decent thing outside, but with perverted motivation and feelings quite counter to his actions. One quote. He tries to reason with himself, “knowing, moreover, that this selfsame rationality is not adverse to vulgarizing that to which it is otherwise denied access.”

Nabokov‘s short story is the precursor to Lolita, and its main attraction is to compare and contrast the story‘s evolution with the novel. Lolita‘s main genius is the brilliant use of the English language. This story was written in Russian, and no doubt it is dazzling in its original, however son Dmitri Nabokov‘s translation is overwrought and circumspect, which dampened my enjoyment a lot. ⭐️⭐️⭐️
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I love Nabokov. His prose and language styling is unmatched. I can‘t get enough of Nabokov and this extended short story that precedes Lolita is brilliant.