Word: lolita
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...acknowledged that he took Poteet out of the strip (607 papers) in early October because of the problems she posed. For one thing, she was upstaging Steve with her giddy flair. For another, he feared she would become sullied by association with another youthful heroine of a different reputation : Lolita...
...bond between Poteet and Lolita. the nymphet of the bestselling novel by Vladimir Nabokov (TIME, Sept. 1), seems even more vague than the "kissin' cousin" kinship Poteet claims for Steve, who dutifully has made her his ward. Poteet plays polo and coaches basketball, is always chaperoned when she travels with Steve. Square-jawed Steve gives his ward only the most brotherly kisses, has even punished her with a sound paddling. In contrast, Lolita confines her athletics to the bedroom, romps from motel to motel across the nation with her stepfather Humbert Humbert...
...LOLITA, by Vladimir Nabokov. The year's most controversial novel and also, by all odds, the best written. Simply as the story of a perverted sexual adventure, it is shocking. As an exploration of the secret places of the heart, mind and spirit, ruled by terrible private devils, it moves beyond shock into compassion...
...Lolita, by Vladimir Nabokov. A comedy of horrors and a nightmare of the mind dressed up in brilliant writing...
...Lolita, Nabokov...