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Lolita
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December 1, 2012
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February 28, 2013

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Annemarie Donahue
Aug 01, 2011 rated it it was amazing
Shelves: fiction, classics, tragedy
After finishing this book I was completely confused by the review the New York Times had so famously given it at it's beginning... "the most compelling love story of our time". This book, which is about the habitual rape and torture of a 12 year old girl is told from the point of view of her tormentor, Humbert Humbert. However, as it is told by him this book focuses on the responsibility the young girl carries of her own sexuality and his deviance. Lolita, the daughter of his landlady turned wif ...more
Stephany
Mar 05, 2012 rated it it was amazing
Shelves: tcf-yr2012
Lolita, Lolita...You are the first book in a long time to give me heartache and make me feel so immersed in your world that I never wanted to stop reading, but at the same time, I never wanted to look at you again. Nabokov is a master of prose. Each word he writes dwells in my mind the day after, making me wonder if I missed some subtlety or if it was all an illusion. I was reading another book at the same time as this. That was a dumb idea. After taking a few breaths of Lolita and turning to an ...more
Lyn LeJeune
Aug 09, 2011 rated it it was amazing
there's nothing like Loooooooooooooooooooolitaaaaa ...more
Mickey
Mar 04, 2011 rated it it was amazing
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Mar 11, 2011 rated it it was ok
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Mar 15, 2011 marked it as to-read
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Mar 22, 2011 rated it really liked it
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Dec 25, 2011 marked it as classics
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Dec 26, 2011 rated it it was amazing
Christin
Mar 07, 2012 rated it really liked it  ·  review of another edition
Shelves: fiction, classics
Yi Lin
Jun 28, 2012 rated it it was amazing  ·  review of another edition
Shelves: leisure