The Real Lolita: The Kidnapping of Sally Horner and the Novel that Scandalized the World by Sarah Weinman

The Real Lolita: The Kidnapping of Sally Horner and the Novel that Scandalized the World

Sarah Weinman with Cassandra Campbell (Narrator)

7 hours, 26 minutes 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 72%
dark 70%
sad 62%
emotional 45%
challenging 27%
reflective 22%
tense 16%
mysterious 6%
adventurous 1%

Pace

medium 61%
slow 26%
fast 11%

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