... Lolita was published. Upon the publication of Lolita, Nabokov was subject to all kinds of criticism. This kind of story regarding a pedophile was something new to audiences and pushed many boundaries especially the way the text sympathizes for the protagonist, or is he an antagonist, and his erotic love for a little girl. In a 1958 review Charles Rolo writes that despite its explicit theme ... Vladimir Nabokov, is a book that appears on banned book lists time and time again. Among titles such as Harry Potter and The Hunger Games, it is apparent why this book has a little more of a home ...

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