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Summary: a new bottle for a vintage claret
Review: Taking the greatness of this masterpiece as given, let me at this late date advance a possibly somewhat novel interpretation. The no holds barred passion of Humbert Humbert for his Lolita is the passion of the true artist for his art. This passion is guiltless no matter where it may lead the artist. By contrast, the, artistically as well as sexually, "practically impotent" Clare Quilty's attempt to exploit the same Lolita in pornographic movies, clearly devoid of any artistic value, is criminal, so much so as to earn Quilty a death sentence from Nabokov. No wander he ends up killing guilty Quilty. Fortunately before doing so, he gives us that famous motel-to-motel ("D'un motel l'autre"?) chase with those hilarious clues, Nabokovian matryoshka-like puns within puns. Whether or not one finds this "deconstruction" entirely convincing, one cannot deny that "Lolita" is not incompatible with it. That so varied a set of interpretation! s can all fit in Lolita's shoes, is one of the major strengths of this immensely rich and deep novel. Incidentally, the just outlined interpretation makes "Lolita" into a highly moral tale. Voilà!
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Summary: Captivating language alone is worth the read!!!!
Review: Forget the story, read it for the captivating language alone!!! No, the story is even better! Actually I was hooked on at first by the language, but it was the plot that kept me going until the end. The story gets a little harder to read in places because of the bulk of Nabokov's knowledge of languages(he uses a lot of French) but the writing is sheer art! To think he called his writing "a second-rate brand of English"!!!
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Summary: a masterpiece
Review: This book is beautiful. I constantly found myself smiling in appreciation of Nabokov's gift of writing. One feels that Humbert is at one's shoulder narrating his tale. Many people can identify with the love Humbert has for Lolita. This book is not about pedophilia but of love for something so strong that you would destroy it in a mad attempt to protect it. Read it.
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Summary: Love, tragedy and destiny in 300 pages
Review: This is a marvellous, deep book, one of the few books I've read straight through each time I pick it up. Jeremy Irons' reading of the complete text is wry, nimble, searching and delicious. A must hear! Lolita is lovely because many themes thread through it in a unique combination of light-and-shadow plot and harmoniously chosen words. The plot highlights the dismal difference between love and lust; the many kinds of betrayed love and confidence that radiate from Humbert's (villain) lust and Lolita's (victim) rejection; there's a panoramic background of American mid-century landscape and culture; the weird mystery story of the Aztec Red convertible and Humbert's cunning "brother" in pedophilic crime; there is the guilt of destroying a loved one in the act of fulfilling one's desires; most of all, there is the overarching idea that "mirage and reality merge in love." It's in this iridescent misty landscape between fantasy and reality that Naboko! v's love affair with English creates breathtaking passages of clarity, comedy and moral pain.
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Summary: ohhhhhh
Review: the beginning...so alluring that clever consistent persona H H...and then it delivers--delicious as lo's wanton honey-coated delta... nabakov brings joy in this novel the complete, masterful writing the sensual feast the most moving and heartbreaking of final passages i let Lolita tear me apart at least twice a year
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Summary: Achingly beautiful account of a sick, twisted love
Review: In style and content, Lolita has no peers. One of the most beautifully written books in the English language (and Nabokov was a native Russian!)Its greatness lies in the fact that such beauty is in service of such twisted love. So rather than the subject matter being offensive, it is what makes this book so special.
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Summary: superb
Review: nabokov's tale of a man's love for lolita is beautifully written. those who criticise this novel for being perverse is sadly mistaken and should take time to re-read it. we are made to sympathize with humbert-humbert, and at times even feel sorry for him. nabokov does not condolne what he does; in fact humbert does suffer for his evil acts. his character is portrayed with great effect, and it is this that brings him to life. we are allowed to share his every thought and the novel's potency takes us through the journey with humbert. nabokov does not apologise for humbert's lust nor behaviour. but we understand why he falls in love with the nymphet, for he is frozen in time. as a young boy, he fell in love with this beautiful, young pure girl who died. so powerful is this memory of her, that he is unable to forget her image, and is desperately seeking that same naievety and purity. an absolutely wonderful novel; a classic.
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Summary: Brilliant prose stylist taunts Americans in second-language.
Review: I dare you to open this book to a sentence that you think you can improve upon. You can't--demonstrably. Lolita is often described by various Purtians as "disgusting" or "immoral". The reverse is the case. Lolita is a moral lesson told with esthetic bliss. I'm afraid Nabokov would have criticized the Bible's awkward prose style. The exact opposite of Daniel Steele. An antonym.
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Summary: The most talked about book of the century....
Review: Never before have I witnessed such a struggle between a man's desire to be socialy acceptable... Humbert manages to, between bursts of obsession-driven rants about Lolita, defend his position with vigor. A fascinating look into the mind of a man driven mad with his passion for a girl the world won't let him have.
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Summary: Crazy!!!!!
Review: It is crazy!!! The people always admire this book, but after I read it I'm disappointed. I can't see anything except a strange, crazy story. I think a good book should have something to tell, not only the one between the covers. I want to ask, " what you guys learn after reading it?" But I do confess that the languages is brillant.
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