Lolita (edit title)

Shelfari edited the description of Lolita 3 weeks ago.

• 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.

Shelfari edited the contributors of Lolita 3 weeks ago.

• Added a contributor: Vladimir Nabokov: (Primary Author)

Jared T edited the books influenced by this book of Lolita Thursday, November 26 2009.

• Added Atonement Contains a girl named Lola, who, like Dolores Haze of Lolita, is precocious and sexually abused.
• Added the spoiler-free description of Atonement Contains a girl named Lola, a variation of 'Lolita'.
• marked the description of Atonement as a spoiler

Apaperknife edited the characters of Lolita Monday, November 23 2009.

• Changed the section title: Cast of Characters/Important People
• Added a character: Lolita
• Added a character: Humbert Humbert
• Added a character: Clair Quilty

Amanda approved Jamie L’s request to change the contributors of Lolita Thursday, October 15 2009.

• Removed a contributor: Alfred Appel: (Primary None)

Jamie L edited the contributors of Lolita Thursday, October 15 2009.

• Removed a contributor: Alfred Appel: (Primary None)

Shelfari edited the summary of Lolita Monday, September 28 2009.

• Humbert Humbert arrives in the USA to become a school teacher. He will be living with Charlotte Haze, the mother of 12 year old Dolores Haze (Lola, or Lolita, to Humbert). Humbert Humbert falls in love with the girl and decides to marry her mother in order to be close to her. After the sudden death of Charlotte Haze, Humbert becomes Lola's "father" and lover. They travel together for long periods of time, untill Lola finally makes her escape. But Humbert will not lose grip of his beautifull nymphete so easily...

Timothy Gray approved Punxsutawney Paul’s request to combine 21 books, including Lolita, Saturday, September 26 2009.

Punxsutawney Paul submitted a request to combine 21 books, including Lolita, Friday, September 25 2009.

Chase H edited the ridiculously simplified synopsis of Lolita Sunday, September 20 2009.

• Added: Guy sexually abuses little girl while she mentally abuses him.