The Real Lolita: A Lost Girl, an Unthinkable Crime, and a Scandalous Masterpiece by Sarah Weinman

The Real Lolita: A Lost Girl, an Unthinkable Crime, and a Scandalous Masterpiece

Sarah Weinman

260 pages first pub 2018 (editions)

nonfiction history true crime dark informative sad medium-paced

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A gripping true-crime investigation of the 1948 abduction of Sally Horner and how it inspired Vladimir Nabokov’s classic novel, LolitaVladimir Nabokov’s Lolita is one of the most beloved and notorious novels of all time. And yet very few of its re...

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informative 73%
dark 67%
sad 58%
emotional 44%
challenging 28%
reflective 23%
tense 14%
mysterious 7%
adventurous 1%

Pace

medium 62%
slow 24%
fast 12%

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