Lolita
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| After its publication, the novel attained a classic status, becoming one of the best known and most controversial examples of [[20th century]] literature. The name "Lolita" has entered pop culture to describe a sexually precocious young girl. | After its publication, the novel attained a classic status, becoming one of the best known and most controversial examples of [[20th century]] literature. The name "Lolita" has entered pop culture to describe a sexually precocious young girl. | ||
| - | The novel was adapted to film twice, once [[Lolita (1962 film)|in 1962]] by [[Stanley Kubrick]] starring [[James Mason]] as Humbert Humbert, and again [[Lolita (1997 film)|in 1997]] by [[Adrian Lyne]], starring [[Jeremy Irons]]. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/{{PAGENAMEE}}] [May 2007] | + | The novel was adapted to film twice, once [[Lolita (1962 film)|in 1962]] by [[Stanley Kubrick]] starring [[James Mason]] as Humbert Humbert, and again [[Lolita (1997 film)|in 1997]] by [[Adrian Lyne]], starring [[Jeremy Irons]]. |
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Lolita (1955) is a novel by Vladimir Nabokov. The novel was first written in English and published in 1955 in Paris, later translated by the author into Russian and published in 1967 in New York. The novel is both internationally famous for its innovative style and infamous for its controversial subject: the book's narrator and protagonist Humbert Humbert becoming sexually obsessed with a twelve-year-old girl named Dolores Haze.
After its publication, the novel attained a classic status, becoming one of the best known and most controversial examples of 20th century literature. The name "Lolita" has entered pop culture to describe a sexually precocious young girl.
The novel was adapted to film twice, once in 1962 by Stanley Kubrick starring James Mason as Humbert Humbert, and again in 1997 by Adrian Lyne, starring Jeremy Irons.
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