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

336 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 77%
dark 68%
sad 56%
emotional 39%
reflective 27%
challenging 25%
tense 13%
mysterious 9%

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slow 25%
fast 11%

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