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Item Details
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LOLITA
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| By: |
Vladimir Nabokov |
| Format: |
Hardback |
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£15.99 |
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| ISBN 10: |
0297819100 |
| ISBN 13: |
9780297819103 |
| Publisher: |
ORION PUBLISHING CO |
| Pub. date: |
1 January, 1997 |
| Pages: |
336 |
| Description: |
In the years since its first publication, "Lolita" has emerged as a classic of contemporary literature. Poet and pervert, Humbert becomes obsessed by 12-year old Lolita and seeks to possess her, first carnally and then artistically, "to fix once and for all the perilous magic of nymphets". |
| Synopsis: |
In the decades of its first publication, LOLITA has emerged as a classic of contemporary literature. Poet and pervert, Humbert becomes obsessedby twelve year old Lolita and seeks to possess her, first carnally and then artistically, out of love. This seduction is one of the many dimensions in Nabokov's dizzying masterpiece, which is suffused with rich, elaborate verbal textures. |
| Publication: |
UK |
| Imprint: |
Weidenfeld & Nicolson |
| Returns: |
Non-returnable |
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