The Annotated Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov (English) Paperback Book

Description: The Annotated Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov An annotated edition of "Lolita". It attempts to elaborate on the verbal textures and show how they contribute to the novels overall meaning. It also provides observations on the novels artifice, games and verbal patternings. FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description When Lolita was first published in 1955 it created a sensation and established Nabokov as one of the most original prose writers of the twentieth century.This annotated edition, a revised and considerably expanded version of the 1970 edition, does full justice to the textual riches of Lolita, illuminating the elaborate verbal textures and showing how they contribute to the novels overall meaning. Alfred Appel, Jr. also provides fresh observations on the novels artifice, games and verbal patternings and a delightful biographical vignette of Nabokov. The annotations themselves were prepared in consultation with Nabokov while newly identified allusions were confirmed by him during the final years of his life. Author Biography Vladimir Nabokov (1899-1977), born in St Petersburg, exiled in Cambridge, Berlin, and Paris, became the greatest Russian writer of the first half of the twentieth century. Fleeing to the US with his family in 1940, he then became the greatest writer in English of the second half of the century, and even Gods own novelist (William Deresiewicz). He lived in Europe from 1959 onwards, and died in Montreux, Switzerland. All his major works - novels, stories, an autobiography, poems, plays, lectures, essays and reviews - are published in Penguin Modern Classics. Details ISBN014118504X Pages 544 Publisher Penguin Books Ltd Year 2000 ISBN-10 014118504X ISBN-13 9780141185040 Format Paperback Publication Date 2000-07-27 Place of Publication London Country of Publication United Kingdom DEWEY 813.54 Illustrations illustrations Author Vladimir Nabokov Media Book Birth 1899 Death 1977 Short Title ANNOT LOLITA Residence St. Petersburg, RUR Series Penguin Modern Classics Imprint Penguin Classics UK Release Date 2000-07-27 Alternative 9780718192846 Audience General NZ Release Date 2000-10-31 AU Release Date 2000-10-31 Language English Edition Description Annotated edition We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:1081791;

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