Lolita; Vladimir Nabokov

Publisher: G.P. Putnam's Sons New York Edition:First American Edition Thirteenth Impression Year: 1955 Description: NF, 319 pp.; erotic literature and tragic comedy; G.P. Putnam's Sons 1955 First Edition; Thirteenth Impression special arrangement with Olympia Press; Lolita is a 1955 novel written by Russian-American novelist Vladimir Nabokov. Narrated by a middle aged man named Humbert Humbert the book tells the story of his obssesion with a 12 year old girl named Delores Haze (Lolita) and the sexual relationship he forces her into. Lolita eventually escapes Humbert, who has an emotional breakdown. In time when they next see each other Lolita is pregnant but suffering financially. Despite her difficult circumstances she has overcome her past and made a life for herself. There is a glimpse of a better future.---Noelle Talmon; Made into a Hollywood movie (1962) directed by Stanley Kubrick starring Sue Lyon as Lolita and James Mason as Humbert Humbert.; owner name written on front free en