Lolita (1955) is a novel by Vladimir Nabokov. The novel was first written in English and published in 1955 in Paris, later translated by the author into Russian and published in 1967 in New York. The novel is both internationally famous for its innovative style and infamous for its controversial subject: the book's narrator and protagonist Humbert Humbert becoming sexually obsessed with a pre-pubescent twelve-year-old girl named Dolores Haze.
Lolita in Spanish is the nickname given to girls called
"Dolores" = Lola = diminutive of Lola = Lolita
2007-04-19 02:39:05
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answered by Martha P 7
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Lolita means "My little sweet Lola"or "baby Lola"
It became famous after the novel of Vladimir Nabokov about a grown man obsession with a a very young teenager.
So it became a symbol of a seductive, irresistible and very young girl.
2007-04-20 00:46:48
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answered by russiancatsima 6
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a lolita (as a noun) is a girly girl
it takes its origin from Vladimir Nabokov's novel "Lolita", where the girl is flirting with an older man
2007-04-19 09:14:17
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answered by Nou 4
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Lolita, in Spanish at least, is the diminutive of a name. Although, I can't remember which one right now.
2007-04-19 08:48:47
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answered by BigEyedFish 6
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Martha has told you all.:)
Term used to refer to a very seductive teenager because of Nabokov s novel.
2007-04-19 09:51:23
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answered by Jassy 7
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