Lolita
by Nabokov, Vladimir Vladimirovich, 1899-1977
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Rather worn copy lacking front free endpaper (neatly removed). Fair to Fair(-) but binding is tight, leaves clean. Slight must.
- Seller
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Oakland, California, United States
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About This Item
Girls -- Fiction. Russian fiction -- 20th century. Hommes d'âge moyen -- Romans, nouvelles, etc. Filles -- Romans, nouvelles, etc. Roman russe -- 20e siècle. Russian fiction Girls Middle-aged men unreliable narrator. Named Person: Lolita (Fictitious character), 1935-1952 -- Fiction. Lolita (Fictitious character), 1935-1952 Love fiction. Romance fiction Erotic fiction Fiction Novels Erotic fiction. Love stories. Romance fiction. Erotic fiction. Novels. Romans. Time: 1900-1999.
Synopsis
Lolita (1955) is a novel by Vladimir Nabokov, first written in English and published in 1955 in Paris, later translated by the author into Russian and published in 1958 in New York. The book is internationally famous for its innovative style and infamous for its controversial subject: the protagonist and unreliable narrator, middle-aged Humbert Humbert, becomes obsessed and sexually involved with a 12-year-old girl named Dolores Haze.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Bibliope by Calvello Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 101656
- Title
- Lolita
- Author
- Nabokov, Vladimir Vladimirovich, 1899-1977
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Rather worn copy lacking front free endpaper (neatly removed). Fair to Fair(-) but binding is tight, leaves clean. Slight must.
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition; eighth printing (stated)
- Publisher
- G.P. Putnam's Sons
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1955
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