How To Use Lolita In A Sentence
- The demands which Humbert makes upon Lolita, with his appalling sentimentality, cannot possibly be met by her: and the result is a bitter comedy in which the nymphet answers his passion by demand for more iced lollies or fudge sundaes. From the archive, 23 January 1959: Lolita and its critics
- The first years at my University, for example, have Lolita as a key set text.
- The Lolita Pomegranate Margarita and Martini glasses are sold individually, for about $25 each, and they come in beautiful "hatbox" - style packaging that needs no wrapping. Blisstree
- The most popular of cosplay themes are the Anime character and Gothic Lolita look.
- I first tried to crack Lolita in my teens and I went "feh" after 20 pages. TEV GIVEAWAY: BEAUTIFUL CHILDREN
- They wouldn't get past its lacily alliterative first line — "Lolita, light of my life, fire of my loins" — with its carefully balanced pairings ( "light/fire," "life/loins"). Lolita At 50, And Forever Young
- Today, the term "lolita" has come to imply an oversexed teenage siren, although Nabokov, for his part, never intended to create such associations.
- If we're going by just "overrated" not all the way to "terribly disappointing" I'd like to nominate Lolita, as, even though it's a calumniation of many Nabikov obsessions, it is certainly not his best. Overrated novels
- Worst Husband Moment: When Charlotte tries to seduce Humbert, the only way he can fulfill his husbandly duties is by staring at a framed picture of Lolita. Top 10 Worst Movie Husbands » Scene-Stealers
- W/r/t Nabokov: I posted a list of things he is reported to have 'loathed' recently on my blog the Small Boats one following a BBC documentary on Lolita that was aired last Saturday. Categories of the novel
