I read Lolita maybe 18 years ago... and in that length of time I can easily forget how something ended. But upon reading it this time I noticed that a MAJOR plot point is hidden right there on page two without much context and only hinted at again on the very last page. So maybe the first time I read it I missed that plot point. Also the book mentions Don Quixote, Les Miserables and Little Women. And since I've now read all those books I can see how themes in each of those novels are also represented in Lolita. Even rereading it now I still enjoyed it, Humbert may be a creep but he is definitely interesting and funny. A
Tuesday, May 12, 2020
Book # 10 - Lolita by Vladimir Nabakov
I read Lolita maybe 18 years ago... and in that length of time I can easily forget how something ended. But upon reading it this time I noticed that a MAJOR plot point is hidden right there on page two without much context and only hinted at again on the very last page. So maybe the first time I read it I missed that plot point. Also the book mentions Don Quixote, Les Miserables and Little Women. And since I've now read all those books I can see how themes in each of those novels are also represented in Lolita. Even rereading it now I still enjoyed it, Humbert may be a creep but he is definitely interesting and funny. A
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