‘Vladimir Nabokov’s writing style is breathtakingly beautiful and the intricate subtext completely blew me away’
The book Lolita can be interpreted in so many different ways by so many different people. Was the relationship between Lolita and Humbert Humbert passionate or destructive? Is the well-respected and academic protagonist really in love with the young nymphet, or is he a perverted man who is simply trying to cover up his awful actions with his beautiful language?
Throughout reading this text and even for months afterwards I found myself asking the same questions over and over again. Was I being tricked just like Lolita, into thinking that Humbert was to be trusted?
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