Lolita
Young girl's name
Lolita is a 1955 novel by Vladimir Nabokov about a middle-aged European émigré's obsession with a twelve-year-old American girl, told from his perspective.
The book is considered a masterpiece of unreliable narration and English prose, though its subject matter remains controversial.
Lolita is also the name of the child herself, whose real name is Dolores Haze: Lolita, light of my life, fire of my loins.
The novel has been adapted into films by Stanley Kubrick and Adrian Lyne. (Lowercase lolita refers to a sexually precocious girl or a Japanese fashion style.)
- unreliable narratorStoryteller whose credibility wavers
- proseUnversified language
- literaryOf written works
- classicOf lasting excellence
fiction · satire · parody · wordplay · allusion · narrative · protagonist · nymphet
Cultural or social prohibition
- exploitationSelfish use of others
- censorshipOfficial content restriction
- bannedOfficially disallowed
- misinterpretationIncorrect understanding of meaning
pedophilia · glamorization · ethics · morality · debate · inappropriate · forbidden · grooming
Nabokov
- unreliable narratorStoryteller whose credibility wavers
- proseUnversified language
- literaryOf written works
classic · fiction · satire · parody · wordplay · allusion · narrative · protagonist · nymphet · motels
taboo
Cultural or social prohibition
- exploitationSelfish use of others
- censorshipOfficial content restriction
- bannedOfficially disallowed
pedophilia · misinterpretation · glamorization · ethics · morality · debate · inappropriate · forbidden · grooming · victim
- 20th Century Books1984, Animal Farm, Brave New World, Catch-22, Grapes of Wrath
- Classic BooksPride and Prejudice, Jane Eyre, Moby Dick, Moby-Dick, Great Expectations
- fashion stylescasual wear, bohemian, formal wear, preppy, romantic
- literary charactersSherlock Holmes, Scout Finch, Elizabeth Bennet, Macbeth, Huck Finn
- Russian LiteratureTolstoy, Dostoevsky, Chekhov, Pushkin, Nabokov
- 1950s literatureLord of the Flies, On the Road, East of Eden, Charlotte's Web, Invisible Man
Lolitamatron
Female institutional supervisor
crone · dowager · grandmother · grande dame · old maid
Lolitafemme fatale
Treacherous enchantress
seductress · courtesan · vamp · siren · Mata Hari