The Annotated Lolita - Penguin Classics

Revised and expanded Edition

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Publisher's Synopsis

When Lolita was first published in 1955 it created a sensation and established Nabokov as one of the most original prose writers of the twentieth century.

This annotated edition, a revised and considerably expanded version of the 1970 edition, does full justice to the textual riches of Lolita, illuminating the elaborate verbal textures and showing how they contribute to the novel's overall meaning. Alfred Appel, Jr. also provides fresh observations on the novel's artifice, games and verbal patternings and a delightful biographical vignette of Nabokov. The annotations themselves were prepared in consultation with Nabokov while newly identified allusions were confirmed by him during the final years of his life.

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Book information

ISBN: 9780141185040
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
Imprint: Penguin Classics
Pub date:
Edition: Revised and expanded Edition
DEWEY: 813.54
DEWEY edition: 21
Language: English
Number of pages: 457
Weight: 378g
Height: 197mm
Width: 131mm
Spine width: 24mm