Comments on: Lolita

By: nicole

nicole — Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000

well i guess lolita is my favorite movie because i look like her a bit.i`m blond,and i have blue eyes,i`m thirteen years old and i`m a ninphet.everybody who have already watched this movie says”you remind me sue lyon a lot”,i`m brazilian that`s why i don`t know how to speak english so good,i`m sorry!

By: the gold state Paul

the gold state Paul — Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000

Lolita is my favorite, favorite, schmavorite book for sure. This is probably a dumb question, but have you seen Kubrick`s movie version of Lolita? It`s far from being perfect and it`s a lot different from the book (a lot of the differences, I understand, were due to restrictions put into place by the movie executive types) but it`s still great on many levels and certainly worth seeing. It`s from 1960, for crying out loud. How similar to the book could it have possibly been? Peter Sellers plays Quilty, by the way, and he`s hilarious, but his stealing of the show is, ironically, one of the movie`s weak points.

By: Alena

Alena — Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000

I`ve made somewhat of a point to read classics, and the ones that intrigue me most are those that were considered controversial for their times. Of course, this usually means books of a sexual nature, like Anais Nin, though I admit I haven`t yet read `Lolita`. It`s really late/early and of course I can`t think of any titles, only the stories and what the book covers looked like, but to be honest, none of those books carried much shock factor when actually reading them. I guess I prepared myself for something graphic using a filter of our day and age, and what I found was much more tame. I stop posting now and go to bed.

By: Farseer

Farseer — Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000

“I`m reminded of the fact that I had to read “Their Eyes Were Watching God” three times in my academic career.” My threepeat in school was “The Hiding Place.” More proof that religion is an acceptable replacement for intelligence. It was so pathetic. All through eighth grade, the kids look around like deer in headlights, but they KINDA catch on to this book because the major theme through it is faith in God and his plan, and the teacher is SOOOO happy to see anyone awake, she has us read it AGAIN, this time along with the audio tape. God damn some people…

By: Jenn

Jenn — Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000

This was exactly how I felt upon reading Lolita last year. Totally blown away. It was awesome. …I`m also really enjoying your site a lot, thinking I might start reading regularly.

By: lis

lis — Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000

heh, their eyes were watching god had some iffy parts… involving a pear tree, i seem to recall…

By: nsasson

nsasson — Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000

Talk about a “hey now” moment…. When I read Judy Bloom`s “Are You There God, it`s Me Margaret”, I had to ask my mom what it meant for a girl to have her period. And I was 16! (divided by 2) (BTW, Lolita hands down contains the greatest writing I have ever read. Knowing that English was Nabokov`s second language, I feel utterly inadequate… This is pretty sad, but I actually remember keeping a dictionary beside me while reading Lolita because I swear I encountered an unfamiliar word every other page. As it turned out, most of them were synonyms for girl parts or dirty deeds, but I digress…) oops, sorry for posting twice. me be new to these parts

By: Kay

Kay — Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000

Remember Forever by Judy Blume? That started the whole “hey now” for me….what`s worse is I think I still remember that it`s page 83 that has the really juicy bits (and I haven`t held the book in a couple of decades). Now I must read Lolita (what with my husband out to sea and all). Thanks for the tip!