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Vladimir Nabokov’s Lolita When Vladimir Nabokov finished writing the novel Lolita he knew the explosive subject matter that he was now holding in his hands. After being turned down by publishing houses on numerous occasions to unleash his controversial story to the public, it was finally published by the French in 1955. Many critics were shocked and called it pornography while others praised his work. How could a pure thinking author conjugate ideas on issues …

…saying “ Lolita is famous, not I.” Pomposelli 6 Works Cited Appel, Alfred, Jr. “The Annotated Lolita” New York: McGraw Hill publishing, 1970. Field, Andrew, “Biographies of Nabokov.” New York: Viking Press, 1977. Nabakov, Vladimir Lolita. Published by Alfred A. Knoff inc. First Published 1955. Nabakob, Vladmir, “Memoirs by Nabakov.” New York: Harper publishing, 1951. Parker, Steven, Vladmir Nabakov . Published by University of South Carolina Press, 1987. Proffer, Ellendaa. Vladmir Nabakov, A Pictorial Biography, Compiled and edited by Ellendaa Proffer, (Ardist Publishers 1991).