Re: Nevermore nevermorelikethebeerJuly 6 2013, 03:04:52 UTC
I know! I was trying to think about inconceivable, too - smarter people than I could do it.
Ok: off to read more Lolita. Humbert has fully seduced Lolita & has just gotten back from a year-long road trip with her. Oh, and has learned to use emotional blackmail on her to make her sleep with him. What fun.
I hadn't read Lolita, either, until we did it for a book club at work, so I had the same perspective.
I was thinking I should write in here some of his descriptions of the American scenery that I've been reading through. I wonder why Nabokov wrote them - they don't move the plot. They're lovely, though.
Yes: she's 12 years old & he's using diversions & threats to keep her with him (aside from the fact that he is the only person she really has in the world); mostly so they can go from place to place & he can have sex w/her up to 3 times a day. But it's beautifully written!
Ok: as enjoyable as this is, I have to get ready for work. I hope your studying goes well.
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Ok: off to read more Lolita. Humbert has fully seduced Lolita & has just gotten back from a year-long road trip with her. Oh, and has learned to use emotional blackmail on her to make her sleep with him. What fun.
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The road trip would be a dream if you're Humbert Humbert (well, except when you can't get the girl to touch you - poor Hum!).
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d6m7NR6iYjg
Man, I've got to get that.
I hadn't read Lolita, either, until we did it for a book club at work, so I had the same perspective.
I was thinking I should write in here some of his descriptions of the American scenery that I've been reading through. I wonder why Nabokov wrote them - they don't move the plot. They're lovely, though.
Yes: she's 12 years old & he's using diversions & threats to keep her with him (aside from the fact that he is the only person she really has in the world); mostly so they can go from place to place & he can have sex w/her up to 3 times a day. But it's beautifully written!
Ok: as enjoyable as this is, I have to get ready for work. I hope your studying goes well.
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