Lolita - Vladimir Nabokov

Lolita

By Vladimir Nabokov

  • Release Date: 1989-03-13
  • Genre: Literary Fiction
4 Score: 4 (From 591 Ratings)

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Book Synopsis

The most famous and controversial novel from one of the greatest writers of the twentieth century tells the story of Humbert Humbert’s obsessive, devouring, and doomed passion for the nymphet Dolores Haze.

“The conjunction of a sense of humor with a sense of horror [results in] satire of a very special kind.”—The New Yorker

One of The Atlantic’s Great American Novels of the Past 100 Years

Awe and exhilaration—along with heartbreak and mordant wit—abound in Lolita, which tells the story of the aging Humbert Humbert's obsession for the nymphet Dolores Haze. Lolita is also the story of a hypercivilized European colliding with the cheerful barbarism of postwar America.

Most of all, it is a meditation on love—love as outrage and hallucination, madness and transformation.

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Latest Impressions

  • Heart wrenching

    5
    By DCMMD
    Beautifully written, emotionally charged on an abominable topic of child abuse that makes your hair rise and soul shrink with sadness.

  • Yuck

    1
    By MamaBell2
    At first I thought this book was well written, interesting, and so sad. But then it just dragged on and on and was thoroughly disgusting. I hated it.

  • Lolita

    3
    By Scott's take on things
    Truly unique writer’s voice. Capable of all kinds of intricate descriptions and observations. Lolita remains too much in the background. Her experience of the period with her “father,” and how this may have changed over time, is not developed.

  • Amazing

    5
    By Patricia_Puckett
    One of my favorite books . Amazing

  • Beautifully written

    5
    By isa_otaku707
    Although the premise might seem disturbing, the way that this book is written is so beautiful that it is definitely worth the time.

  • :)

    5
    By bpd angel
    amazing.

  • 💖💖💖💖💖

    5
    By Cassandra Clare trash
    This book is the light of my life and the fire of my loins

  • INTELLIGENT

    3
    By Prophet Amos
    The subject matter is difficult to stomach. He is truly one distubered character. Nabokov’s writing is incredible. Not the greatest book, I have read, but very good, so it receives four stars. I wish the publisher, Vintage Books, would have translated the French sentences in the book, so we just had to tap on it to get the translation. I stopped looking up all the French sentences in the book, this needs to be done.

  • Immortal Enchantment

    5
    By BasilBaker
    Don't let anyone tell you any differently; this is straight up, modern-day Shakespearean tragedy. Nabokov achieves his immortal enchantment with language that is rich, lyrical and, in most instances, beyond compare.

  • Leaves me speechless

    5
    By PenPoint Editorial Services
    I'm a huge Nabokov fan. Anything you chose to read by him reads like a symphony. His style, plots, and rhetoric are literally untouchable. He's a delight to get lost in.

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