/lit/ - Literature

this is giving me boners, and I don't know what to think

>>8489781

/lit/, I wanna read something really fucked up. what is a great book that is also just really fucked up? does this book fit that?

alright, you faggots convinced me to read this. is it gonna just be "lol fresh pussy" the whole time?

Judge my taste.

I think this is the best book ever written.

ITT: Books you shouldn't read in public

I think this is the first book I feel I just can't get through out of pure disgust. It's beautifully written but I just can't stand the subject matter. Should I stop being a pussy and stick to it?

I have gone of my way alot to find a better cover to Lolita at thrift stores and stuff and have yet to. but do they really matter?

So... I implore you to bear with me here /lit/. Of the books on my reading list I thought I'd give Lolita a go, however I was very tired, and thought I'd watch the 1887 movie first, having been directed by Kubrik and being a fan of Mr. Irons. I've just finished watching the movie and I am left... Bewildered and bereft. What concerns me is that I don't exactly know why. The ending was bizzare to say the least but it wasn't the most shocking film I'd ever seen by any means. Why am I left hurt? I don't understand. What I mean is why this movie, of any to do this to me?

I am interested in the portrayal of these characters, is the book any different from the story presented to us in the movie?

Also Humbert repeatedly tells us how much he loved the girl, but did he really? Or was he in love (obsessed) with the idea of her? Not the she was a child obviously, though I understand that is a major theme but what she ultimately represented?

Why was he so obsessed with her?

Hold me, /lit/,

This is my lolita copy's cover. I snagged a couple from Barne's and Noble. Had to buy a few other Nabokov books along with it to avoid looking like a creep. Well, a bigger creep.

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define "wank fest"
>if it means what i think it means, pic related

OP here, This book was also recommended to me.... but I don't understand why. I read a the first few pages and it seems strange to me having a man talk about little girls and calling them "nymphettes"

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