Lolita (disambiguation)

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Lolita is a 1955 novel by Vladimir Nabokov.

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  • Lolita (opera), a 1992 opera by Rodion Shchedrin based on Nabokov's novel
  • "Lolita: Caprice Espagnol", Opus 54 (composed 1890) by Cécile Chaminade for piano solo

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Lolita, My Love was an unsuccessful musical by John Barry and Alan Jay Lerner, based on Vladimir Nabokov's 1955 novel Lolita. It closed in Boston in 1971 while on a tour prior to Broadway.

"Lolita" is an English-language term defining a young girl as "precociously seductive." It originates from Vladimir Nabokov's 1955 novel Lolita, which portrays the narrator Humbert's sexual obsession with and victimization of a 12-year-old girl whom he privately calls "Lolita", the Spanish nickname for Dolores. Unlike Nabokov, however, contemporary writers typically use the term "Lolita" to portray a young girl who attracts adult desire as complicit rather than victimized.

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<i>The Enchanter</i> 1939 novella by Vladimir Nabokov

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