"Lolita"

Lolita is so full of beauty and ideas that it is almost impossible to talk about it. So in order to ease this pain or out of sheer laziness I have distilled Lolita into four points.

1. Lolita is about America, an America that Nabokov loved more than Europe.
2. Lolita (the character) may stand for America and Humbert Humbert may stand for Europe, it is difficult to argue either side
3. Nabokov is a writer of virtuosic talent, and sometimes he may be too talented.
4. The backbone of the book is the raw emotional energy of Humbert Humbert.

Other things may be important, but the real soul of the book lies in these four ideas. I promote someone to add something I’ve missed, but I challenge anyone to remove anything from the list.