... the most socially unacceptable obsession of all: paedophilia. Humbert's abysmal obsession with "nymphets" had begun just after his first true love Annabel had passed away. And to Humbert, Lolita was a reincarnation of Annabel. Humbert says "I see Annabel in such general terms as: 'honey-coloured skin', 'thin arms', 'brown bobbed hair', 'long lashes', 'big bright mouth ... hold him at a far enough distant to see him for the man he truly is. "Lolita, light of my life, fire of my loins. My sin, my soul. Lo-lee-ta: the tip of the tongue taking a trip of three steps ...

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