--- product_id: 69004998 title: "Lolita (Crest Giant, d338) Mass Market Paperback – January 1, 1959" brand: "vladimir nabokov" price: "VT33352" currency: VUV in_stock: true reviews_count: 4 url: https://www.desertcart.vu/products/69004998-lolita-crest-giant-d338-mass-market-paperback-january-1-1959 store_origin: VU region: Vanuatu --- # Lolita (Crest Giant, d338) Mass Market Paperback – January 1, 1959 **Brand:** vladimir nabokov **Price:** VT33352 **Availability:** ✅ In Stock ## Quick Answers - **What is this?** Lolita (Crest Giant, d338) Mass Market Paperback – January 1, 1959 by vladimir nabokov - **How much does it cost?** VT33352 with free shipping - **Is it available?** Yes, in stock and ready to ship - **Where can I buy it?** [www.desertcart.vu](https://www.desertcart.vu/products/69004998-lolita-crest-giant-d338-mass-market-paperback-january-1-1959) ## Best For - vladimir nabokov enthusiasts ## Why This Product - Trusted vladimir nabokov brand quality - Free international shipping included - Worldwide delivery with tracking - 15-day hassle-free returns ## Description Full description not available ## Images ![Lolita (Crest Giant, d338) Mass Market Paperback – January 1, 1959 - Image 1](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/81-fZ9MH6pL.jpg) ## Customer Reviews ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 5.0 out of 5 stars If Satan took up literature, he'd write like Nabokov... *by M***A on Reviewed in the United States on March 19, 2007* As I grow old and older, I ask myself all too often why I bother? Haven't I eaten enough toast? Haven't I bent over to tie enough shoes? Then I come across an author like Vladimir Nabokov and a book like *Lolita,* an author and a book that, although Ive read thousands and thousands of books in my time, I somehow never read before. Maybe it was his name, or fame, or the fact that a movie was made of his most famous novel. There are books that you feel you've already read, even though you havent, just because they are so famous, or infamous. This is one of those books. But if you havent read it and think you know what its all about, youre wrong, utterly and 100% wrong, and youre missing one of the great joys of a reader's life: the prose of Vladimir Nabokov.This book is fiendishly good. It undermines everything we "ought" to feel, then it makes us feel it; finally it pulls the rug out from under us altogether. Nabokov's narrator, Humbert Humbert, is a child molestor, that's what we'd call him in the bald and unfancy terminology of today. He's a sick, abusive, predatory[...]. Yet it's his voice that entertains us throughout *Lolita,* and entertains us it does. Humbert is urbane, intelligent, self-deprecating, cynical, and laugh-out-loud funny. He's a poet and a romantic. He's the English professor we all wish we had. He knows that what he's doing is wrong. He's the first to admit it. He's the first to admit everything, including that he can't help himself. He is, you see, in love, hopelessly and authentically and obsessively in love. The problem is that she's [....]Now the truly devilish thing about *Lolita* is that of all the characters in the novel, including even Lolita herself, its Humbert that draws our "sympathy," so to speak. Sympathy for the devil, it is, in spite of ourselves, in the sense that we see the world most vividly from his point-of-view, in the sense that he seems more alive than anyone else in the novel, more perceptive, more uncompromisingly self-honest, more human and, in the end, the most tragic of all the characters. He's a man with an indelible flaw, he's a man in love, no matter how misguided, no matter how criminal, and its Nabokov's "evil" genius to get us to accept Humbert Humbert as our sick hero, man who we might send to prison for fifty years, but who we couldn't help feeling more than a twinge of regret having to do so.One would be hard-pressed to come up with a prose-stylist whose voice is smoother, more casually erudite, and more post-contemporary than Nabokov...and this in a novel that is already half-a-century old! An amazing text from an author who has after 300 pages of pure reading bliss, shot instantaneously to the top of my favorite author's list, *Lolita* is a book I should have read a hundred years ago, but instead sat wasting my time in graduate literature courses! What are they teaching in schools anyway? I'm ordering up some more Nabokov novels immediately, if not sooner. You should too. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 5.0 out of 5 stars Oh Lord, my insides are melting *by J***N on Reviewed in the United States on June 5, 2005* I'm straight, but oh Lord, but if Nabokov were to pen a seduction for Irons to read to me, I don't know what I'd do.Imagine the rich, honey-sweet tones of Jeremy Irons and the incredible prose of Vladimir Nabokov, together in a deliciously creamy mix. Irons is the perfect Hum - sad, manic, arrogant, and humorous. He handles the multiple voices and language shifts without a whimper or a pause.This is awesome stuff. This is the art of acting. This is perfect prose.Mouth-watering. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 5.0 out of 5 stars Different than you expect *by M***S on Reviewed in the United States on February 4, 2007* There were many incorrect preconceived notions I had about this novel, that were dispelled once I read it. The book is centered around a startling contradiction: A monster that worships purity. The book unfolds around this theme with some of the most beautiful prose you will ever read. --- ## Why Shop on Desertcart? - 🛒 **Trusted by 1.3+ Million Shoppers** — Serving international shoppers since 2016 - 🌍 **Shop Globally** — Access 737+ million products across 21 categories - 💰 **No Hidden Fees** — All customs, duties, and taxes included in the price - 🔄 **15-Day Free Returns** — Hassle-free returns (30 days for PRO members) - 🔒 **Secure Payments** — Trusted payment options with buyer protection - ⭐ **TrustPilot Rated 4.5/5** — Based on 8,000+ happy customer reviews **Shop now:** [https://www.desertcart.vu/products/69004998-lolita-crest-giant-d338-mass-market-paperback-january-1-1959](https://www.desertcart.vu/products/69004998-lolita-crest-giant-d338-mass-market-paperback-january-1-1959) --- *Product available on Desertcart Vanuatu* *Store origin: VU* *Last updated: 2026-05-09*