![]() In point of fact, there might have been no Lolita at all had I not loved, one summer, a certain initial girl-child. Did she have a precursor? She did, indeed she did. She was Lo, plain Lo, in the morning, standing four feet ten in one sock. Lo-lee-ta: the tip of the tongue taking a trip of three steps down the palate to tap, at three, on the teeth. All rights reserved.ฤก Lolita, light of my life, fire of my loins. Gina Kaysen ( Running time: 11.5 hours ) -This text refers to an alternate kindle_edition edition. Regardless of whether you condemn or condone the classic, listening to this audio rendition is a must. The Russian-born author has amazing control of the English language-his jaw-dropping prose comes through powerfully on this audiotape (though some scholars believe the novel symbolizes Nabokov's internal struggle with the English language). My sin, my soul Lo-li-ta." The relationship blossoms between the man "with a cesspool of rotting monsters behind his slow boyish smile" and the sassy, vivacious young girl. But his disappointment quickly fades after he realizes he lives next door to the "light of my life, fire of my loins. Much to his dismay, his plans change and he moves into a boarding house in Ramsdale, New Hampshire. Following a failed marriage to a "large, puffy, short-legged, big-breasted and practically brainless baba," Humbert decides to move to America to work as a tutor. In the bestselling audiobook, Jeremy Irons delivers a smooth, calculating presentation of Humbert Humbert, the middle-aged man obsessed with a 13-year-old girl named Lolita. Vladimir Nabokov's Lolita triggers a deep conflict within the American psyche about crossing the line between love and the perverse lust for a child.
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