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One of the cruelest pranks pulled by general society is convincing survivors of abuse that Vladimir Nabokov's 'Lolita' is a subversive critique of child predators, when that simply doesn't line up with the evidence, including the author's own declared intent.

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Everyone is WRONG About Lolita

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I am glad to see some new discourse in YT about Lolita. Last I checked, vodeo essays mostly revolved around its impact on Americana and the film adaptions. Leaving my thoughts in a reply. Feedback: The citation around 11:00 is misleading. This quote was written and published in as afterword, "On a book entitled Lolita", from 1956, but the subtitle "Nabokov, 1991" looks as if Nabokov was quoted writing this in 1991. I would suggest displaying tbe title and date of the essay in addition to citation for the annotated edition. "Dilettante" is pronounced "dill-et-aunt", not "dial-it-ant".

Cyrusso X Legion

My biggest problems with the movie adaptations is that they portray the 40 something year-old men as the victims.... when Lolita is 13. So gross.