NABOKOV'S 'LOLITA': HOW ARE WE TO APPROACH THIS NOVEL?

Lolita was always one of those books that intrigued me. As a life-long reader and double English major in college, I'd heard of Vladimir Nabokov's classic novel throughout my entire life. And yet I only read it this year. If I'm honest, it scared me to take it off the shelf, because I didn't want to get that icky feeling in my gut. You know, the feeling you get when you're reading or watching something you know is against everything you believe. And men who pursue younger girls as sexual obj...