I read this for a class in high school and it’s remained one of my favourites ever since. It was the first book that really made me question the nature of stories, and how a story can be simultaneously true and untrue at the same time. It made me like reading again! I still have my copy 15 years later.
F U C K i forgot about Tookie De La Créme and the doctors with roller-skates for feet
F U C K i forgot about Tookie De La Créme and the doctors with roller-skates for feet
The misreadings and bad faith readings of Lolita have contributed so much to the objectification and sexualization of young girls.
The book was never meant to glorify Humbert Humbert, he’s, as you said OP, an unreliable narrator. With some critical reading, it’s so obvious that Dolores is a victim.
I read this for a class in high school and it’s remained one of my favourites ever since. It was the first book that really made me question the nature of stories, and how a story can be simultaneously true and untrue at the same time. It made me like reading again! I still have my copy 15 years later.