Definitions of Lolita

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Definitions of Lolita

Rev. Rye Offline

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RE: Definitions of Lolita

January 10, 2014 at 2:56 pm (This post was last modified: January 10, 2014 at 2:57 pm by Rev. Rye.)

(January 10, 2014 at 6:13 am)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote: Lolita (n): Intensely dreary novel written by Vladimir Nabokov, source of one decent song, and a host of execrable films.

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It's probably one of the best novels of all time, in my opinion. Nabokov is certainly a great writer and it's a shame that his other books don't get much attention.

To be fair, neither film version is totally true to the original novel, but, seriously, given the heights of the original novel, and, you know, the content, it would be very surprising if it wound up being so. It's very rare that a truly great novel is adapted into an truly great film, especially if it's true to the original novel. And that's the truth!

Also, it's pronounced na-BOH-kov. I had a writing teacher from Serbia who insisted on pronouncing it correctly.

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