The Annotated Lolita

The Annotated Lolita
ISBN-10
0679727299
ISBN-13
9780679727293
Category
Fiction
Pages
457
Language
English
Published
1991
Publisher
Vintage
Author
Vladimir Nabokov

Description

The textural discussion accompanying this novel examines the thematic and technical elements which make it a literary classic

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