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Lolita

By: Vladimir Nabokov
Narrated by: Jeremy Irons
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Lolita, light of my life, fire of my loins. My sin, my soul. Lo-lee-ta: the tip of the tongue taking a trip of three steps down the palate to tap, at three, on the teeth. Lo. Lee. Ta.'

LOLITA is the story of Humbert Humbert, poet and pervert, and his obsession with twelve-year-old Dolores Haze. Determined to possess his 'Lolita' both carnally and artistically, Humbert embarks on a disastrous courtship that can only end in tragedy.

Initially, Nabokov was unable to find an American publisher willing to take the book on. It was finally published in Paris in 1954 but its notoriety spread quickly. Graham Green, in an interview in THE TIMES later that year, called it 'one of the best books of 1954'. When G.P. Putnam's Sons published in the US in 1958, it was a bestseller; the first book since Gone with the Wind to sell 100,000 copies in the first three weeks of publication.

©1955 Vladimir Nabokov (P)2005 Random House Audio Classics Fiction Genre Fiction Literary Fiction Heartfelt Scary Thought-Provoking Witty

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This is the best audiobook I have heard. The delivery is stunning, always on cue and appropriate and really sinks you into the story and the very disturbing mind of HH. Audiobooks of this quality are far better than reading and are more a one person performance than a book reading.

Disturbing, dark and (occasionally) funny(!)

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Jeremy Irons does a marvellous narration of this very unsettling story. It's more explicit than the filmed versions and gets to the heart of the desires of men who crave sexual satisfaction with girls in their early teens. Nabokov's fine writing raises the story from being mere pornography and has created a book with a fine mix of humorous human foibles and vanities coupled with an exploration of perversion and the damage it can cause.

Disquieting but riveting story

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This novel stands or falls with the voice you imagine (or hear) as the central character Humbert Humbert. To hear Jeremy Irons bring H.H. to life, in all his preposterous longing, his self-deception, his erudition and cunning, his Old World debauchery and his scepticism towards the popular culture of postwar America, is utterly delightful. I found myself grinning, raising my eyebrows and laughing out loud. Irons' interpretation contributes a great deal to making this a provocative, hilarious and utterly perturbing experience. We are appalled by this character and yet we want to follow him every step of the way; we shouldn't want to read about a middle-aged man longing for a twelve-year-old, and yet we're fascinated by every sentence, complicit in every move. An absolute masterpiece, and a masterly reading. Loved it, loved it, loved it.

Utterly gripping

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loved lolita. Amazing story that puts reader in a consrant battle between shock, disgust and sneaky curiosity. tje narration is absolutely excellent

very interestingly twisted book,excellent narratio

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loved this dark tale. recommend to anyone wishing for a well written tale on a dark subject

mesmerising macabre story

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