Humbert becomes sexually obsessed with Dolores after becoming her stepfather, and romanticizes his obsession. Privately, he calls her "Lolita", the Spanish diminutive for Dolores.

Lolita was filmed again in 1997, directed by Adrian Lyne, starring Jeremy Irons as Humbert, Melanie Griffith as Charlotte and Dominique Swain as Lolita. The film was widely publici

Helmed by Stanley Kubrick based on the book by Vladimir Nabokov, "Lolita" (1962) is a B&W black comedy and psychological drama that was controversial in its day (and still is) so t

Sep 15, 2025 · Vladimir Nabokov's controversial novel, 'Lolita,' was published 70 years ago on Sept. 15, 1955.

Humbert pays her little mind until he meets her 13-year-old daughter Lolita (Dominique Swain), the image of the girl that Humbert once loved. Humbert moves into the Haze home as a

In this adaptation of Nabakov’s classic novel, a middle-aged professor becomes obsessed with the 14-year-old daughter of his widowed landlady.

Jul 21, 2024 · Viewed simply as a novel, “Lolita” deals with situations and emotions that would remain exasperatingly vague to the reader had their expression been etiolated b

Lolita is a 1955 novel written by Russian-American novelist Vladimir Nabokov. It has since been adapted into two major films: first by Stanley Kubrick in 1962, and later by Adrian

Sep 25, 1998 · When he comes to stay at the boarding house run by Charlotte Haze, he soon becomes obsessed with Lolita, the woman's teenaged daughter.

Apr 22, 2011 · Lolita, novel by Vladimir Nabokov, published in 1955 in France. Upon its American publication in 1958, Lolita created a cultural and literary sensation. The novel i