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Lolita at 70: What Nabokov’s controversial masterpiece says about America
Vladimir Nabokov’s “Lolita” is the story of a middle-aged professor with an insatiable obsession with little girls, who sexually assaults his 12-year-old stepdaughter. It’s also one of literature’s most celebrated novels — acclaimed for its prose and wordplay.
By Madeleine Brand • • 1 min readVladimir Nabokov’s “Lolita” is the story of a middle-aged professor with an insatiable obsession with little girls, who sexually assaults his 12-year-old stepdaughter. It’s also one of literature’s most celebrated novels — acclaimed for its prose and wordplay.
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3 of 4Eames House survived the Palisades Fire. KCRW gets a tour- 0:00Trump wants to get rid of wind power. What does it mean for clean energy?
- 9:11Modernist masterpiece nearly burned down in Palisades Fire
- 17:31Lolita at 70: What Nabokov’s controversial masterpiece says about AmericaYou’re reading this
- 33:12Weekend film reviews: ‘The Conjuring: Last Rites,’ ‘Twinless’