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A Brief Biography of Vladimir Nabokov
An extremely brief summary of Nabokov's life and the emergence of Lolita
An Interview With Vladimir Nabokov
A brief posthumous interview conducted by August C. Bourré, on November 26th, 2002.
Morality as an Aesthetic Choice
A short exploration of Humbert Humbert's attraction to Dolores Haze as the result of an aesthetic sensibility rather than connected with Western society's moral norms.
Personal Responses to Lolita
A collection of personal responses to Nabokov's novel (although there is only one at present).
Designing Lolita
This essay describes the process of building a website which is scholarly, creative, and respectful of not only Nabokov's book, but also my own aesthetic sensibilities.