Nabokov: Lolita

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"The novel Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov and the film version by director Stanley Kubrick differ in a number of ways as to plot, characters, and tone. Of course, the primary difference is in medium, and this is especially important for this novel given that wordplay is a vital element in it, while the film only touches on that aspect of Humbert Humbert's obsessive life. The major diversion Kubrick takes from the book is found in his elevation of Quilty to a major character.
The novel was a controversial one. It was published first in 1955 in France because Nabokov could not find an American publisher, but the book was finally published in the United States in 1958 and became an immediate best-seller:
It is biography, detective story, tale of the double, romantic novel, travel book, comedy, but also tragedy,(...)"

More papers on Nabokov: Lolita:

• Book Review # 92112 : "The Narrative Frame of Nabokov's "Lolita"
• Dissertation or Thesis # 147391 : "Symbols and Ambiguities in Nabokov's "Lolita"
• Book Review # 128823 : "Freudian Themes in Vladimir Nabokov's "Lolita"

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