Quicklet on Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov (Book Review and Analysis)
Book Details
Author(s)Kate Russell
PublisherHyperink Study Guides
ISBN / ASINB006VXLRPW
ISBN-13978B006VXLRP6
MarketplaceFrance 🇫🇷
Description
Quicklets: Your Reading Sidekick!
Never read a book alone again! Supercharge your reading with Quicklets.
Quicklets are jam-packed with information like those notes you totally copied off that geeky kid you knew back in high school.
But they’re not boring like other study guides. They keep you entertained AND informed.
You can conquer any book with your trusty sidekick. We’ve got your back :)
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Nabokov conceived the idea for Lolita after reading a news story in late 1939 or early 1940. The story was about a primate who produced the first drawing ever sketched by an animal—the subject of which was the bars of his cage.
Inspired by the sad animal's perspective of imprisonment, Nabokov penned a short story with a roughly similar plot to Lolita. There were several differences between this first version and the final: firstly, the girl's mother was sick; secondly, the girl was French (Nabokov had not yet moved to the United States); thirdly, it was written in Russian; finally, the narrator chucks himself under a moving truck after only one attempt to take advantage of the child. Lolita is rated as a twentieth century classic.
Time magazine included it on its “100 Best Novels†list. Modern Library rated it fourth on its 1998 list of the 100 Best Novels.
BOOK EXCERPT
From the Introduction by Kate Russell:
The first time I read Lolita, I spent a very long time on each page, overwhelmed by the amount of layers in every word and sentence. One sentence was like reading a page of any other author's work (except James Joyce, of course). I had no idea a book could be like this. It was as if the books I had read before were cheap chocolate bars and I'd just taken a bite of a Belgian truffle. If I read it too quickly, my brain might explode. It opened my eyes and my mind to the language I already spoke.
You may have heard of Lolita before. You may have heard that it is depraved, disgusting, and perverse. It is all of those things. But it is written so beautifully that by the end, you sympathize with a child molester and lust after his captive—and that is the magic of the English language.
...To be continued!
Quicklets: Your Reading Sidekick!
CHAPTER OUTLINE
Introduction
+ The English Language and Lolita
+ Vladimir Nabokov: A Master of Prose
+ About “Lolita†by Vladimir Nabokov
+ Overall Summary for “Lolita†by Vladimir Nabokov
+ ...and much more
Additional Reading
+ Related Online Content for “Lolita†by Vladimir Nabokov
+ Trivia for “Lolita†by Vladimir Nabokov
...plus much more!
= = = = =
Quicklets: Your Reading Sidekick!
Never read a book alone again! Supercharge your reading with Quicklets.
Quicklets are jam-packed with information like those notes you totally copied off that geeky kid you knew back in high school.
But they’re not boring like other study guides. They keep you entertained AND informed.
You can conquer any book with your trusty sidekick. We’ve got your back :)
= = = = =
Nabokov conceived the idea for Lolita after reading a news story in late 1939 or early 1940. The story was about a primate who produced the first drawing ever sketched by an animal—the subject of which was the bars of his cage.
Inspired by the sad animal's perspective of imprisonment, Nabokov penned a short story with a roughly similar plot to Lolita. There were several differences between this first version and the final: firstly, the girl's mother was sick; secondly, the girl was French (Nabokov had not yet moved to the United States); thirdly, it was written in Russian; finally, the narrator chucks himself under a moving truck after only one attempt to take advantage of the child. Lolita is rated as a twentieth century classic.
Time magazine included it on its “100 Best Novels†list. Modern Library rated it fourth on its 1998 list of the 100 Best Novels.
BOOK EXCERPT
From the Introduction by Kate Russell:
The first time I read Lolita, I spent a very long time on each page, overwhelmed by the amount of layers in every word and sentence. One sentence was like reading a page of any other author's work (except James Joyce, of course). I had no idea a book could be like this. It was as if the books I had read before were cheap chocolate bars and I'd just taken a bite of a Belgian truffle. If I read it too quickly, my brain might explode. It opened my eyes and my mind to the language I already spoke.
You may have heard of Lolita before. You may have heard that it is depraved, disgusting, and perverse. It is all of those things. But it is written so beautifully that by the end, you sympathize with a child molester and lust after his captive—and that is the magic of the English language.
...To be continued!
Quicklets: Your Reading Sidekick!
CHAPTER OUTLINE
Introduction
+ The English Language and Lolita
+ Vladimir Nabokov: A Master of Prose
+ About “Lolita†by Vladimir Nabokov
+ Overall Summary for “Lolita†by Vladimir Nabokov
+ ...and much more
Additional Reading
+ Related Online Content for “Lolita†by Vladimir Nabokov
+ Trivia for “Lolita†by Vladimir Nabokov
...plus much more!
= = = = =
Quicklets: Your Reading Sidekick!
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