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Apr 23, 1991 | ISBN 9780679727293 Buy
Aug 17, 2011 | ISBN 9780307788085 Buy
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Apr 23, 1991 | ISBN 9780679727293
Aug 17, 2011 | ISBN 9780307788085
The annotated text of this modern classic. It assiduously illuminates the extravagant wordplay and the frequent literary allusions, parodies, and cross-references. Edited with a preface, introduction and notes by Alfred Appel, Jr.
Vladimir Nabokov studied French and Russian literature at Trinity College, Cambridge, then lived in Berlin and Paris, writing prolifically in Russian under the pseudonym Sirin. In 1940, he left France for America, where he wrote some of his greatest works—Bend Sinister (1947), Lolita (1955), Pnin (1957),… More about Vladimir Nabokov
"…the reader of Lolita attempts to arrive at some sense of its overall ‘meaning,’ while at the same time having to struggle…with the difficulties posed by the recondite materials and rich, elaborate verbal textures. The main purpose of this edition is to solve such local problems and to show how they contribute to the total design of the novel."–From the Preface by Alfred Appel, Jr."Fascinatingly detailed."–Edmund Morris, The New York Times Book Review
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