Vladimir Nabokov

NABOKV-L post 0018564, Wed, 9 Sep 2009 19:54:22 EDT

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Re: "Lolita" review ...
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In a message dated 09/09/2009 22:19:18 GMT Daylight Time, jansy@AETERN.US
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JM: Flabby, helpless old man? I always thought Humbert was in his forties.


Humbert was 36 or 37 when he met the 12-year-old Lolita. He is not even the
"middle-aged" man he is usually said, by careless readers, to be. Their
ages are almost the same as those of Herr K. and Dora in Freud's case study.

Anthony Stadlen





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