Lolita
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Martina VaičiūnaitėVU KHF 2010
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The book is internationally famous for its innovative style and infamous for
its controversial subject: the protagonist and unreliable narrator, middle-aged Humbert Humbert, who
becomes obsessed and sexually involved with a 12-year-old girl
named Dolores Haze.
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o The power and beauty of language (Nabokov believed that all stories should resemble fairy tales and the storyteller should be a kind of enchanter);
o Humbert diverts the reader from his ugly actions with his pretty words;
o His constant wordplay and verbal games force us to concentrate on language rather than on him.
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oClothing - a way for Humbert to project his fantasies onto Lolita, a way to bribe her, and a way to show his own perverse form of affection.
o Unique situation: Humbert loves young girls, which is fine when he is young, but becomes complicated (and illegal) as he gets older.
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