Lolita

Lolita

Lolita is a 1955 novel written by the Russian and American novelist Vladimir Nabokov. The protagonist and unreliable narrator is a French literature professor who moves to New England and writes under the pseudonym Humbert Humbert. He details his obsession with and victimization of a 12-year-old girl, Dolores Haze, whom he describes as a "nymphet". Humbert becomes sexually obsessed with Dolores after becoming her stepfather, and romanticizes his obsession. Privately, he calls her "Lolita", the Spanish diminutive for Dolores. The novel was written in English, but fear of censorship in the U.S. and Britain led to its being first published in Paris, France, in 1955 by Olympia Press.

Lolita (1962 film)

Lolita is a 1962 black comedy-psychological drama film directed by Stanley Kubrick, based on the 1955 novel by Vladimir Nabokov. The black-and-white film follows a middle-aged literature professor who develops an infatuation with an adolescent. It stars James Mason as Humbert Humbert, Shelley Winters as Mrs. Haze, Peter Sellers as Quilty, and Sue Lyon as Dolores "Lolita" Haze.

Lolita

Proper noun

1. A female given name from Spanish.

Noun

1. Alternative letter-case form of lolita, a girl pursued sexually by an adult man, a nymphet.