Lolita

Written by Vladimir Nabokov

An aging man's obsession spirals into madness and transformation in postwar America.

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368 pages· 110,664 words

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Bookroo's summary

Humbert Humbert, an aging European intellectual, becomes dangerously obsessed with young Dolores Haze. As he navigates postwar America's chaotic landscape, his passion leads to a collision of love and madness. Will his fixation destroy them both, or is there a darker truth lurking beneath his desires? This tale of obsession and cultural clash challenges the boundaries of love and morality, leaving readers questioning the nature of desire and the cost of obsession.

From the publisher

“Lolita” tells the story of aging Hubert Humbert who has an obsessive, devouring, and doomed passion for the nymphet, Dolores Haze. It is also the story of a hypercivilized European colliding with the cheerful barbarism of postwar America. All in all, “Lolita” is filled with awe and exhilaration, along with heartbreak and mordant wit.

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