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I love how Nabokov writes, I love his wit and his sheer skill with the English language. I found the images and the progression of the "relationship" between this pedophile and his victim to be unforgettable, even as it was disturbing. As with most of Nabokov's work, the story itself seems the least important aspect of what he is doing. I suppose I could have spent more time trying to figure out the details of what really happened, versus what happened in his mind. In the end that distinction be
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Lolita is a book of mixed feelings. Sympathy for the devil to the nth degree. Going into it, I obviously knew that it was about a pedophile, yet I endeavoured to read it since it is still appreciated as a classic. From the get-go, Humbert Humbert proves to be a charismatic and engaging character. The novel is told as his confession for his actions and with every word he entrances and seduces with a poetic usage of language - you can't help but be taken in with his side of this twisted love story
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