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| author | mjkwiatkowski <mati.rewa@gmail.com> | 2026-02-24 09:51:52 +0100 |
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| committer | mjkwiatkowski <mati.rewa@gmail.com> | 2026-02-24 09:51:52 +0100 |
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diff --git a/content/books/lolita.md b/content/books/lolita.md index 4cf30d1..ae5fd0a 100644 --- a/content/books/lolita.md +++ b/content/books/lolita.md @@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ date = '2025-08-19T15:11:46+02:00' draft = 'false' title = 'Lolita' +summary = ' ' +++ Lolita is a very special book due to the sensitive subjects which it touches upon. @@ -12,7 +13,7 @@ After getting into a discussion with her, I have decided to give the book a try. The book is narrated by Humbert Humbert, a forty year old man from Europe who emigrated to America before the outbreak of World War II. He teaches French literature and at the start of the novel is writing a series of academic books. -Once he travels in to Ramsdale, the small, countryside town, he meets Dolores Haze, the titular _Lolita_. +Once he travels in to Ramsdale, the small, countryside town, he meets Dolores Haze, the titular Lolita. At this point in the book the reader's image of Humbert is clear - he is obsessed with a certain type of girl, usually around 12 years of age, due to an unfulfilled childhood relationship with Annabel in France: _In point of fact, there might have been no Lolita at all had I not loved, one summer, a certain initial girl-child_. Knowing very well the intentions of Humbert towards Dolores, readers are driven to worry about her from the first steps he makes when deciding to move into the old Ramsdale home. @@ -41,7 +42,7 @@ After reading the first few pages of the book I realized how well written it is. Although the topic of the book is the abuse of a child by a grown man, it is written in such a way that we get to know Humbert and his personality really well. Full of witty comments, funny observations and word games, you can forget while reading that the main theme of the book is so dark. This truly shows how good of a writer Vladimir Nabokov is. -Besides recommending the book to others, I know for a fact that I will continue to read his works, and I cannot wait to read _The Pale Fire_ next. +Besides recommending the book to others, I know for a fact that I will continue to read his works, and I cannot wait to read The Pale Fire next. |
