"One can buy simply Nabokov's original text, though even this will certainly have a great deal of introduction by Nabokov scholars. Apart from the phony "foreword" that is, which is by Nabokov himself."
"In 1962 "Lolita" was filmed, starring such prestigous actors as Shelly Winters, James Mason and Peter Sellers. I saw snatches of this, but didn't like it, and never watched the whole thing."
"Various stories inspired me to write "Wake of the Raven," also the story of a troubled relationship between an underage girl and a man old enough to know better, but it owes no debt to 'Lolita.'"
"the original work was re-written - by Nabokov - into a screenplay that modified the sexuality of the novel version, till it became little more than a middle aged man's yearning for a grown teenager..."
"Nabokov also avoided putting his foot in it by not publishing "The Enchanter," which is an earlier version of "Lolita," barely qualifying as being much more than a short story."
"Though fame can be acheived by a short novel, as Mann's 'Death in Venice,' which is related to Lolita if we look at the subject matter: an adult's fascination with the beauty of blossoming youth."
"In European countries, Zorn, 16, would be 'of age.' Both biology and legality are in order in my second novel, following the joys and trials of Zorn's holiday in France in the changed world of 2035."
