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Before 'Lolita's' first publication, Nabokov himself insisted that there should be no little girl on the book's cover; he didn't want anyone buying the book for the obvious reason. Yet, as we see, the cover gets 'sexier' with every new edition. Pretty nice lips on this one. Creepy.
One of those books, like 'Ulysses' and 'Underworld,' that many bookish people feature in their libraries and very few have actually read from cover to cover. Nabokov, ever the cryptographer, hid things even from those who have; I'll bet you you didn't know that you've been pronouncing the book's title incorrectly all these years, did you?
Great book. Knew a woman who knew the actress who played the eponymous heroine in the synonymous film: Sue Lyon. Poor girl ended up a waitress!
Mrs. Dick Schiller indeed. Buy this book and think of her!
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Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov
SteveAugustine, May 23, 2006
Before 'Lolita's' first publication, Nabokov himself insisted that there should be no little girl on the book's cover; he didn't want anyone buying the book for the obvious reason. Yet, as we see, the cover gets 'sexier' with every new edition. Pretty nice lips on this one. Creepy.One of those books, like 'Ulysses' and 'Underworld,' that many bookish people feature in their libraries and very few have actually read from cover to cover. Nabokov, ever the cryptographer, hid things even from those who have; I'll bet you you didn't know that you've been pronouncing the book's title incorrectly all these years, did you?
Great book. Knew a woman who knew the actress who played the eponymous heroine in the synonymous film: Sue Lyon. Poor girl ended up a waitress!
Mrs. Dick Schiller indeed. Buy this book and think of her!
(34 of 63 readers found this comment helpful)