Lolita is a 1955 novel written by the Russian and American novelist Vladimir Nabokov, whose protagonist and narrator is a French literature professor who moves to New England and writes under the pseudonym Humbert Humbert, detailing his obsession with and victimization of a twelve-year-old girl, Dolores Haze, whom he privately calls Lolita. The novel was written in English, but fear of censorship in the United States, where Nabokov lived, and in Britain led to its first publication in Paris, France, in 1955 by Olympia Press; despite the controversy it caused with the public it has received wide critical acclaim, been included on numerous best-book lists including Time's List of the 100 Best Novels and Modern Library's 100 Best Novels, and been twice adapted into film, first by Stanley Kubrick in 1962 and later by Adrian Lyne in 1997. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
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When was Lolita first published in the United States?
Putnam issued the first American edition in August 1958.
The first American edition was issued by G. P. Putnam's Sons in August 1958. Despite initial trepidation, there was no official response in the United States. The book was into a third printing within days and became the first since Gone with the Wind to sell 100,000 copies in its first three weeks.
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Lolita is a 1955 novel written by the Russian and American novelist Vladimir Nabokov.
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The novel was written in English, but fear of censorship in the United States, where Nabokov lived, and in Britain led to its first publication in Paris, France, in 1955 by Olympia Press; despite the controversy it caused with the public it has received wide critical acclaim, been included on numerous best-book lists including Time's List of the 100 Best Novels and Modern Library's 100 Best Novels, and been twice adapted into film, first by Stanley Kubrick in 1962 and later by Adrian Lyne in 1997.
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Lolita is a 1955 novel written by the Russian and American novelist Vladimir Nabokov. The protagonist and 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".
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Lolita is a 1955 novel written by the Russian and American novelist Vladimir Nabokov.
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Lolita is a 1955 novel written by the Russian and American novelist Vladimir Nabokov
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