Vladimir Nabokov: Lolita, Languages, Lepidoptera (1964 LIFE Magazine Profile)

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(From a 1964 LIFE profile; my favorite line: “It is odd, and probably my fault, that no people seem to name their daughters Lolita anymore. I have heard of young female poodles being given that name since 1956, but of no human beings.”)

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