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>> No.3738971
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3738971

>not the alfred appel annotated edition

>> No.3738970

10/10

>> No.3738973

it looks like a pussy lel xD

>> No.3738990

That was the original design but the publisher made them change it.

>> No.3738994

>>3738990

that design is on brand new copies of the novel

>> No.3739015

Best fucking book I've ever read.

>> No.3739024

>>3739015
>best fucking book

Yeah, I read it when I want to get in the mood too.

>> No.3739028
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>>3739024

>> No.3739079

>>3738971
My nigger. Just finished this edition today.

>> No.3739100

I recommend listening to the audiobook version as well. Goddamn chilling.

>> No.3739104

What other Nabokov books are worth reading if I loved this?

>> No.3739111

>>3739100
I just checked out a sample of the audiobook for Lolita. Jesus Christ... I have goosebumps.

>> No.3739150

>>3739104
Google Nabokov. That one. Read that one, then repeat.
I really liked Despair, you should try that. But also Laughter in the Dark and Pale Fire (of course) are worth your time.

(right now there are 3 Nabokov threads on the front page. I couldn't be happier. )

>> No.3739160

I've been wanting to read this book for a while, I've never actually done it, is it over rated or is it actually good?
I tend to do a lot of my reading in public, I hope I don't get weird looks from people (not that I care) if I do read it in public.

>> No.3739165

>>3739160
you'd probably get more positive nods than anything, it's like that guy showing off his linux distro waiting for someone to recognize his powerlelvel

>> No.3739171

>>3739160

Be careful, I borrowed it from the library and the police raided my house that night.

>> No.3739176

>>3739165
Oh nice, sometimes I feel like I am "that guy" who notices someones power level
>>3739171
Nah, the police love me.

>> No.3739666

Will I enjoy Ada if I enjoyed Lolita?

>> No.3739674

>>3739666
She's not as tight.

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>>3738973

>> No.3739745
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>>3739713
>>3738973

>> No.3739749

>>3738973
I thought it looked like an ass crack. The fun fact is that I'm gay, for all you analysts out there.

>> No.3739761

>>3739749
i'm gay but it looked like pussy to me
delicious pussy

>> No.3739825

>>3738971
>>3739079
Are you from that other Lolita thread? I am going to buy the A. A. annotated edition later, because of that thread. Been meaning to read it for years

>> No.3739828

>>3738971
http://www.adlibris.com/dk/product.aspx?isbn=014118504X
We're talking about this right?

But I want the cover with the sideways mouth!

>> No.3739836

>>3739749
>implying straight people dont like ass

>> No.3739853

>>3739836
The point is that he wouldn't see it as a pussy as us heterosexuals, no, he would see it as an ass crack. Because he's gay.

Ha.

>> No.3740209

>>3739825
yup.

>> No.3740240

>>3739828
so pissed off cause i bought this off amazon and instead of that beautiful butterfly cover that would have fitted perfectly with my vintage fowles' The Collector and make me look like a full on creep if anyone sees who has read them and i got the shitty penguin modern classics cover.

>> No.3740475

>>3739749
What kind of fucked up asses have you been looking at?

>> No.3740520

>>3740475
Thanks for making me laugh with that question.

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3740542

I'm onto you

>> No.3740564

>>3740240
Are you saying people will think im a full on creep if a buy the version i linked, with the butterfly?

>> No.3740582

>>3738971
Why would I buy the annotated? Is it best to read the original first?
Mine is the cover with the little girls legs on the cover and it's black and white.

>> No.3740877

>>3740564
not at all, i mean that if someone was scanning along my shelf, see lolita 'oh, its a oretty horrible fucked up idea, this Humbert taking this nymphette on a fuck tour of USA, but maybe he just appreciates Nabakov's prose' and then see the collector next to it 'oh okay.. he reads stuff about a freak fawning and then kidnapping and keeping a girl in his basement... is anon researching for his future?'

>> No.3740925

>>3739104
Ada or Ardor man! It's my favourite Nabokov i think, and so appallingly under-read

>> No.3742030

Men, I couldnt make it trough Ada. Is very well written, indeed, but fuck the characters. Botch Van and Ada deserved being hit by a train.

>> No.3742036

>>3739176
>the police love me

You fucking statist.

>> No.3742298

>>3740582
Well, you could ignore the annotations if you think reading 'the original first' is important; then alter you will already have the handy annotated version on your shelf... As to why you should read it: If you're not a literary genius, you are going to miss references and shit. Plus, it is really well done (at times)

>> No.3742306

>>3742036
It could just be he's white and not ghetto trash.

>> No.3742329
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3742329

I WISH THAT I COULD BEFRIEND "ADA".

>> No.3742337

>>3742329
why are you weird

>> No.3742344

In my opinion, this is the best-written book I have ever read. And that makes me sad. Nabokov had a mastery of the English Language that far surpasses mine. And it wasn't even his first language, either. I just doubt that I could ever write as well as him.

>> No.3742352

>>3740475
prolapsed homo anuses.

>> No.3742356

>>3742337
Not enough attention

>> No.3742476
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3742476

This cover is better.

>> No.3742621

>>3738960

Certainly a great read but I heard he also wrote something about a morbidly obese man who can only fuck in a grotesque way. Forgot the title. Not entirely sure if it's even Nabokov.

>> No.3742646

>>3742476
It is.

>> No.3742651

>>3738960
>>3742476
Are they trying to make it look like a cunt? How pathetic is that?

>> No.3742672

I'm about 50 pages in and it's pretty boring so far. Yeah the prose is pretty and all but nothing really happens.

>> No.3742805

>>3742476
Hahaha this cover is great have not seen before thanks anon

>> No.3742862

Has anyone read Invitation to a Beheading? I just picked it up yesterday and am really enjoying it. I've never read Lolita, but I'm a Nabokov fan based on his essay, Good Readers and Good Writers.

>> No.3742912

>>3742476
creepy

>> No.3743112

>>3739749
ha ha faggot
faggots don't read ha ha
>>>/lgbt/

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>>3742476
That's a fan-made cover, right? Still, it's quite lovely.

>mfw I have this edition

>> No.3743712

>>3742672
Keep reading bro. It gets ten times better around page 60. I was in your place two days ago, and now I am loving it.