'It was love at first sight, at last sight, at ever and ever sight.'Lolita is likely one of the most controversial stories in 20th century literature to date. Lolita has been coined as a 'love story' and even 'erotic'. In all honesty, this was simply Humbert attempting to convince himself (and others) that his actions were normal and completely justified. By the end pages, I could honestly say that Humbert believed wholeheartedly he truly loved Lolita, that he always had the best of intentions for her and that he was a good father to her. His version of love was of course far from normal and was quite sick and twisted indeed but because we're only seeing this story from his point of view it's obviously a biased and glamorized interpretation.'We live not only in a world of thoughts, but also in a world of things. Words without experience are meaningless.'But to me that was the most amazing part of this story. When you really think about this story as a whole, you know what he did was wrong, you know that he changed that 12 year-old girl irrevocably and you can almost despise him for the fact that he blamed her for seducing him initially. However, despite all that, I know I'm not the only reader that struggled to not feel at least a slight bit of sympathy for him. And that's the true brilliance of it.'And the rest is rust and stardust.'Lolita is a truly remarkably written story that was undoubtedly shocking after its initial publication in 1955. I can't help but find it severely unlikely though that it would have ever been published during this day and age.
