Selfish Hum and Poor Lo
Sunday, April 1st, 2012
Oh Lolita, my Lolita, I have begun to feel for you! Dear Humbert was endearing and charming when his having Lo was but a fantasy. However, what I read in Part Two of Lolita eroded my warm feelings toward Humbert Humbert. How could they not when he admitted to threatening Dolores for sex? “I relied […]
Selfish Hum and Poor Lo
Tags: Humbert, incest, Lolita, moral apotheosis, Quilty
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Well played, Nabokov, well played
Sunday, April 1st, 2012
At the end of Lolita, I felt kind of regretful that I did not borrow/purchase the annotated version because of all the references and word plays I am bound to have missed. I appreciate that this novel was split up into two classes: after our initial discussion, I approached reading part two differently than part […]
Well played, Nabokov, well played
Tags: Humbert Humbert, Lolita, Nabokov, Obsession, Quilty
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