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Lolita is a 1955 novel written by Russian-American novelist Vladimir Nabokov that addresses the controversial subject of hebephilia.The protagonist is a French literature professor who moves to New England and writes under the pseudonym Humbert Humbert. He describes his obsession with a 12-year-old "nymphet", Dolores Haze, whom he kidnaps and sexually abuses after becoming her stepfather.
Lolita is a 1997 drama film directed by Adrian Lyne and written by Stephen Schiff.It is the second screen adaptation of Vladimir Nabokov's 1955 novel of the same name and stars Jeremy Irons as Humbert Humbert and Dominique Swain as Dolores "Lolita" Haze, with supporting roles by Melanie Griffith as Charlotte Haze and Frank Langella as Clare Quilty.
Lolita: Directed by Adrian Lyne. With Jeremy Irons, Melanie Griffith, Frank Langella, Dominique Swain. An English professor falls for a minor, and has to face the consequences of his actions.
Lolita is a 1962 black comedy-psychological drama film directed by Stanley Kubrick, based on the 1955 novel of the same name by Vladimir Nabokov.. The black-and-white film follows a middle-aged literature lecturer who writes as "Humbert Humbert" and has hebephilia.He is sexually infatuated with young, adolescent Dolores Haze (whom he calls "Lolita").
Lolita: Directed by Stanley Kubrick. With James Mason, Shelley Winters, Sue Lyon, Gary Cockrell. A middle-aged college professor becomes infatuated with a 14-year-old girl.
In the novel’s foreword, the fictional John Ray, Jr., Ph.D., explains the strange story that will follow. According to Ray, he received the manuscript, entitled Lolita, or the Confession of a White Widowed Male, from the author’s lawyer.The author himself, known by the pseudonym of Humbert Humbert (or H. H.), died in jail of coronary thrombosis while awaiting a trial.
With a screenplay penned by the author himself, Stanley Kubrick brings Vladimir Nabokov's controversial tale of forbidden love to the screen. Humbert Humbert (James Mason) is a European professor ...
Jun 18, 2024 · Lolita, novel by Vladimir Nabokov, published in 1955 in France.Upon its American publication in 1958, Lolita created a cultural and literary sensation. The novel is presented as the posthumously published memoirs of its antihero, Humbert Humbert.A European intellectual and pedophile, Humbert lusts obsessively after 12-year-old nymphet Lolita (real name, Dolores Haze), who becomes his willing ...
Russian-born author Vladimir Nabokov’s Lolita, published in 1955, is a controversial and provocative novel that tells the story of Humbert Humbert, a literature professor, and his obsession with a twelve-year-old girl named Dolores Haze, whom he nicknames Lolita.The novel is narrated by Humbert, providing a complex and unreliable perspective that challenges readers to confront the morally ...
About Lolita. Nabokov’s wise, ironic, elegant masterpiece owes its stature as a classic not to the controversy its subject matter aroused but to its author’s use of that material to tell a love story almost shocking in its beauty and tenderness.
