"That loathsome novel will be published over my dead body!" he declared. Former Random House editor-in-chief Hiram Haydn, who had a young daughter of his own, objected on moral grounds. publishers initially rejected his manuscript, reportedly for fear of prosecution on obscenity charges. Nabokov (1899–1977), a Russian émigré, finished the novel in 1953, while living in Ashland, Ore. ![]() But in my arms she was always Lolita," Humbert rhapsodizes. "She was Lo, plain Lo, in the morning, standing four feet ten in one sock. Humbert rents a room from her mother, Charlotte, then initiates a sexual relationship with Dolores after Charlotte dies in a car accident. As an adult, he lusts for prepubescent girls aged 9 to 14, whom he calls " nymphets." Dolores Haze is just 12 years old when they meet. Photo gallery: View a collection of Lolita book covers and movie posters, from 1955 to the presentĪs the book begins, Humbert ("an assumed name") confesses that he is fixated on an unconsummated romantic liaison from his youth.
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