GRGR (15): Good & Evil (was Enzian...)
Paul Mackin
pmackin at clark.net
Fri Dec 17 10:13:26 CST 1999
On Fri, 17 Dec 1999, David Morris wrote:
> >
> >Well, Lolitia is a B-O-O-K.
>
> Obviusly, but it plumbs the depths of Humbert's mind, thus exploring this
> issue. Fiction, I know, but also "real."
Yes, I agree, Lolita's pain was "real"--we were made to feel
it--especially later in the book. One instance I remember particularly was
where Humbert seems almost to feel it too. Says something to the effect:
You see the little darling had no place else go. (This is not an actual
quote but an approximation of what I remember.)
P.
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