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Lolita at 40

The story of how Lolita, the controversial novel by Vladimir Nabokov, came to be published

The story of how Lolita, the controversial novel by Vladimir Nabokov, came to be published 40 years ago, and of its story of the ageging Humbert Humbert's obsession with the seductive 12-year-old "nymphette", Lolita. Plus, a discussion about depictions of child sexuality, and how the book was turned into a film by Stanley Kubrick.

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28 minutes

主播大秀 World Service Archive

This programme was restored as part of the World Service archive project