Facts about Vladimir Nabokov's Lolita

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   In Lolita, the name 'Dolores Haze' reflects Nabokov's deliberate wordplay, with 'dolores' meaning sorrows in Latin and 'haze' suggesting obscured reality.

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   Stanley Kubrick adapted Lolita into a film in 1962, starring James Mason as Humbert Humbert and featuring Peter Sellers in a prominent supporting role.

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   Upon its 1958 American publication by Putnam, Lolita became a bestseller and was the first novel since Gone with the Wind to sell 100,000 copies in its first three weeks.

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   Nabokov wrote Lolita in English rather than Russian, marking a significant shift from his earlier literary career conducted primarily in his native language.

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   The novel is narrated entirely by its unreliable protagonist Humbert Humbert, a pedophilic scholar who attempts to justify his obsession through elaborate, self-serving prose.

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   Originally rejected by multiple American publishers, Lolita was first published in 1955 by the Olympia Press in Paris.

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