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now that the dust has settled... was he a pedophile?

>> No.12056782

>>12056776
the dust hasnt settled yet

we must wait

>> No.12056786

>>12056776
probably

>> No.12056805
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12056805

my history teacher mentioned that he was
wanted to start an argument, but i want a good grade in the class

>> No.12056814

>>12056776
>the author is his characters
Back to /tv/, faggot.

>> No.12056817

>>12056776
is being a pedophile bad

>> No.12056820

>>12056776
who isnt desu

>> No.12056824

>>12056776
No.

>> No.12056826

The amount of underage shenanigans in Ada made me a little bit suspicious (especially the few with Lucette), but I doubt he was actually a pedo

>> No.12056839

Unless he admitted it or straight up diddled some kid(s) we will never know, and it's best to assume innocence until proven otherwise, so I'd say he wasn't.

>> No.12056852

>>12056826
I don't understand why people act like Lolita is so subversive when Ada is 10 times more explicit.

>> No.12056855

>>12056852
Most people haven't even heard of Ada.

>> No.12056857

>>12056852
A quick glance at goodreads will show that the average reader gets annoyed and drops Ada before the sexual stuff even begins.

>> No.12056864

>>12056826
Lucette's corruption from her early sexual experiences (and their eventual result) are probably a good argument against Nabokov being a pedo, or at least being an active one.

>> No.12056867

>>12056855
>>12056857
>>12056852
ada is the real corncobby novel let's be real

>> No.12056878

>>12056867
>t. Faulkner fan

It's not even set in a rural place, though.

>> No.12056899

>>12056839
that's literally pussy tier let's just hang the degenerate fucker and burn his demonic book

>> No.12056903

>>12056899
i bet youre american

>> No.12056915

Why does Nabby get this criticism but not Stephen King?

>> No.12056923

>>12056915
Because Stephen King isn't best known for a book where the main character spends 90% of his time talking about wanting to fuck a teenager

>> No.12056926

>>12056923
not even a teen is she, shes 12 no?

>> No.12056931

>>12056926
She ages throughout the book

>> No.12056939

>>12056931
someone should write a book about a 12 year old that doesnt age

>> No.12056943

>>12056939
I'm sure that is already a manga

>> No.12056945

>>12056943
i dont engage with antpeople hieroglyphs

>> No.12056947

>>12056939
my manchild diary desu

>> No.12056949

>>12056939
wait this is just peter pan

>> No.12056960

>>12056776
I'm a pedo and despite the ill-informed idea about a traumatic experience causing it, Nabokov's description of Humbert's obsessions in the first half of the novel are so identifiable with me that I have to think he was at least part pedo.

>> No.12056993

>>12056960
Doesn't Humbert develop his obsessions from a traumatic experience with a young girl in his youth?

>> No.12057013

>>12056993
Yes, that's my point.

>> No.12057016

>>12057013
Oh right I'm retarded, sorry anon

>> No.12057019

>>12056960
>he wrote a pedophile so good, therefore, he's a pedo.
You could literally change Dolores Haze's age and the entirety of men who have loved a woman would identity.

>> No.12057024

>>12057019
>>12056960
identify*

>> No.12057028

>>12057019
>>12056960
Are you guys genuinely incapable of understanding pedos or do you just want to make sure to distance yourself from them? I thought Humbert made a pretty clear case about why he likes nymphets instead of older girls, and their nymphet qualities are essential to the entire thing

>> No.12057035

>>12057016
It's okay, anon. You are a very special person.

>>12057019
The way he autistically describes the criteria for a girl to be a nymphet, the way he describes watching little girls in the park, those feel very particular and legit.

>> No.12057038

>>12056805
>talking in class
please know that everyone hates your guts

>> No.12057043

>>12057038
i was this kid in highschool philosophy to a degree that was like out of a sitcom. We didn't have classes so much as me and the professor had shouting matches and drew diagrams on the chalkboard to each other while the rest of the class formed little groups and didnt pay attention to us

>> No.12057049

>>12057038
>He doesn't actively participate in his education
Please know that I look down on you.

>> No.12057182

>>12057043
Wow, you're so special and clever. I wish I could have been you in high school.

>> No.12057191

>>12057182
hehe thanks

>> No.12057195

>>12057182
>being this jealous of my precocious intellectual bravery
Not all of us can be geniuses anon.

>> No.12057197

>>12057049
>he thinks kissing his professors ass in front of everyone = participating in education

>> No.12057199

>>12057182
Who split your dick today

>> No.12057207

>>12057035
>The way he autistically describes the criteria for a girl to be a nymphet, the way he describes watching little girls in the park, those feel very particular and legit.
It's called being a good writer, m8.