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Lolita By Vladimir Nabokov
From a literary viewpoint, Lolita is a gorgeously written, compelling work of genius. The novel’s darkly humorous plot, however, about the sexual relationship between a much older man and a teenage girl, made it hard for some to appreciate when the book was first published in the UK in 1955. John Gordon, in one of the first reviews in the London E×ρréšš, called it “the filthiest book I have ever read,” and “sheer, unrestrained p.o.r.n.o.graphy.”
Contemporary critics of the novel still cite it as an example of statutory rape and child *** abuse. The book eventually was banned in the UK and in France, and was not published in America until 1958.
From a literary viewpoint, Lolita is a gorgeously written, compelling work of genius. The novel’s darkly humorous plot, however, about the sexual relationship between a much older man and a teenage girl, made it hard for some to appreciate when the book was first published in the UK in 1955. John Gordon, in one of the first reviews in the London E×ρréšš, called it “the filthiest book I have ever read,” and “sheer, unrestrained p.o.r.n.o.graphy.”
Contemporary critics of the novel still cite it as an example of statutory rape and child *** abuse. The book eventually was banned in the UK and in France, and was not published in America until 1958.