Pale Fire
Vladimir Nabokov · Modern · Novel
Modern · Novel
Lolita
by Vladimir Nabokov. A dazzlingly articulate predator attempts to aestheticize abuse, forcing readers to distinguish verbal beauty from moral truth.
- Date
- 1955
- Origin
- Russia / United States
- Era
- Modern
- Genre
- Novel
- Difficulty
- Challenging
- Length
- Long
- Collection
- The Western Canon
Subjects and themes
Why it matters
A dazzlingly articulate predator attempts to aestheticize abuse, forcing readers to distinguish verbal beauty from moral truth.
This work is included in the collection on the basis of bloom. Its cataloged influence level is 5 out of 5.
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