By diving deeper in the publication history of Lolita and restoring Sally to her rightful place in the lore of the novel’s creation, The Real Lolita casts a new light on the dark inspiration for a modern classic. But in this book, The Real Lolita, author Sarah Weinman argues that the character of Dolores Haze the Lolita who Humbert Humbert obsesses over and rapes was inspired by the utterly. The Real Lolita: The Kidnapping of Sally Horner and the Novel that Scandalized the World MP3 CD Unabridged, Septemby Sarah Weinman (Author) 333 ratings Editors' pick Best History See all formats and editions Kindle 13.99 Read with Our Free App Audiobook 0. Sally Horner’s story echoes the stories of countless girls and women who never had the chance to speak for themselves. Drawing upon extensive investigations, legal documents, public records, and interviews with remaining relatives, Sarah Weinman uncovers how much Nabokov knew of the Sally Horner case and the efforts he took to disguise that knowledge during the process of writing and publishing Lolita. Weaving together suspenseful crime narrative, cultural and social history, and literary investigation, The Real Lolita tells Sally Horner’s full story for the very first time. And yet very few of its readers know that the subject of the novel was inspired by a real-life case: the 1948 abduction of eleven-year-old Sally Horner. Vladimir Nabokov’s Lolita is one of the most beloved and notorious novels of all time.
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