Lolita, a novel by Vladimir Nabokov, centers on Humbert Humbert, a literature professor obsessed with Dolores Haze, a 12-year-old girl he nicknames "Lolita." Humbert becomes her stepfather to be close to her, eventually kidnapping and sexually abusing her. The novel explores themes of obsession, manipulation, and the corruption of innocence. Due to its controversial subject matter, Lolita was initially published in Paris before gaining wider recognition.
In 1916, a German short story titled "Lolita" by Heinz von Eschwege (pen name: Heinz von Lichberg) was published.
On December 6, 1933, Hon. John M. Woolsey ruled in the case United States v. One Book Called Ulysses that Joyce's Ulysses was not obscene and could be sold in the United States.
Until 1937, Nabokov lived in the same section of Berlin as the author Heinz von Eschwege and was likely familiar with his work.
In 1939, Nabokov wrote The Enchanter (Волшебник), which features the same basic idea as Lolita.
In 1940, Nabokov moved to the United States and abandoned his native Russian language for English.
In April 1947, Nabokov wrote to Edmund Wilson about writing a short novel about a man who liked little girls, initially titled "The Kingdom by the Sea".
In 1948, 11-year-old Florence Horner was kidnapped by 50-year-old mechanic Frank La Salle, who traveled with her for 21 months and is believed to have raped her.
In 1948, Frank Lasalle, a fifty-year-old mechanic, did something to eleven-year-old Sally Horner.
In 1956, Nabokov wrote an afterword to Lolita ("On a Book Entitled Lolita") that first appeared in the first U.S. edition and has appeared thereafter.
Since 1956, people don't seem to name their daughters Lolita anymore, but young female poodles have been given that name.
Nabokov's 1962 novel Pale Fire mentions Hurricane Lolita coming up the American east coast in 1958. There were no hurricanes named Lolita that year, but that is the year that Lolita was published in North America.
In 1962, Nabokov gave an interview for BBC Television.
In 1962, Nabokov's novel Pale Fire mentions a Hurricane Lolita coming up the American east coast in 1958, with the narrator questioning the use of the name.
In 1974, Nabokov used the title A Kingdom by the Sea in his pseudo-autobiographical novel Look at the Harlequins! for a Lolita-like book written by the narrator.
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