The Annotated Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov [TRADE PAPERBACK] 1991 • Vintage Books

The Annotated Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov

TRADE PAPERBACK [1991] VINTAGE BOOKS

Book is in very good condition with some light shelf wear.  Reads like new. 

Revised and Updated, The Annotated Lolita is the definitive annotated text of the modern classic, written by one of the most punning and allusive writers in English since James Joyce. It assiduously glosses Lolita's extravagant wordplay and its frequent literary allusions, parodies, and cross references.

Humbert Humbert - scholar, aesthete and romantic - has fallen completely and utterly in love with Lolita Haze, his landlady's gum-snapping, silky skinned twelve-year-old daughter. Reluctantly agreeing to marry Mrs Haze just to be close to Lolita, Humbert suffers greatly in the pursuit of romance; Hilarious, flamboyant, heart-breaking and full of ingenious word play, Lolita is an immaculate, unforgettable masterpiece of obsession, delusion and lust.