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Anonymous Wed Nov 18 04:21:23 2020 No.16813589 [Reply] [Original]

what makes this book "good"?

>>	Anonymous Wed Nov 18 04:27:45 2020 No.16813627 >>16813589 Uncle Nabby's proses

>>	Anonymous Wed Nov 18 04:30:20 2020 No.16813639 >>16813589 When pp hard

>>	Anonymous Wed Nov 18 04:41:32 2020 No.16813672 File: 657 KB, 1597x1200, 1605200667328.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>16813589 Uhhh... the prose.

>>	Anonymous Wed Nov 18 04:52:54 2020 No.16813702 >>16813589 cunny

>>	Anonymous Wed Nov 18 05:32:23 2020 No.16813815 >>16813589 I don't know. But it's really good.

>>	Anonymous Wed Nov 18 05:33:35 2020 No.16813818 File: 11 KB, 273x324, waldun chckem.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] the proses

>>	Anonymous Wed Nov 18 05:35:59 2020 No.16813826 these dubs

>>	Anonymous Wed Nov 18 05:39:31 2020 No.16813845 >>16813589 the exagguration and embelishment and how far he takes everything is funny and you feel the good emotions and the bad emotions

>>	/mu/sic for /lit/ Wed Nov 18 06:25:33 2020 No.16814079 >>16813589 CUNNY-CUNNY-I-LOVE-CUNNY.jiff

>>	Anonymous Wed Nov 18 07:25:12 2020 No.16814329 child pussy

>>	Anonymous Wed Nov 18 10:02:04 2020 No.16815016 >>16813589 Superb narrative control and the proses

Anonymous Wed Nov 18 10:08:04 2020 No.16815048
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>>16813589
the subject gets people talking about it and the prose is oh so nice.
women are in charge now and we have to pretend like we don't like them when they're young.
>>16813672
You're reposting my cunny pics i know you are!

>>	Anonymous Wed Nov 18 11:36:10 2020 No.16815554 File: 45 KB, 600x480, sweating.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >the part where he describes where they fucked 3 times in the morning and his dick was so big it hurt her

>>	Anonymous Wed Nov 18 12:07:00 2020 No.16815743 >>16815554 Stop making me want to re-read it, now I have a boner.

>>	Anonymous Wed Nov 18 12:16:23 2020 No.16815805 >>16813589 The narratology is very unique. Getting inside the head of someone so disgusting and suave at the same time makes for a great conflict. It is a fun book to read between the lines.

>>	Anonymous Wed Nov 18 12:32:31 2020 No.16815932 Got to page 90ish and just started reading something else. Should I really finish it bros?

>>	Anonymous Wed Nov 18 12:35:14 2020 No.16815953 >>16815554 >>16815743 Gross, guys.

Anonymous Wed Nov 18 15:58:32 2020 No.16817406

For me it's the writing style. Humbert gets you into his mindset so well with how he uses language that you almost forget he's drugging and manipulating Lolita so he can fuck her. Whether there is real love or just lust is unclear. Whether she feels anything towards him or not is unclear. You can't trust shit because the entire book is written by the pedophile who is also an incredibly talented writer. You can't trust Humbert at all, but I found myself really wanting to at times.

>>	Anonymous Wed Nov 18 18:00:07 2020 No.16818171 >>16815554 >>16815743 Based cunnychads.

>>	Anonymous Wed Nov 18 20:28:44 2020 No.16819134 >>16813589 all that derogatory shit humbert says about of age women was a laugh riot

>>	Anonymous Wed Nov 18 20:30:10 2020 No.16819146 >>16813589 For me it's the main character. Favorite book of all time, Humbert is just my favorite character of any media.

>>	Anonymous Wed Nov 18 20:47:34 2020 No.16819266 File: 36 KB, 220x268, 1605716390627.gif [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] I liked how Humbert kept referring to himself in the third person. That was nice.

>>	Anonymous Wed Nov 18 21:36:42 2020 No.16819591 >>16819146 Yeah he is literally me

>>	Anonymous Wed Nov 18 21:52:40 2020 No.16819673 Is claire quinty just like he was in the movie with peter sellers?

>>	Anonymous Wed Nov 18 21:54:14 2020 No.16819683 >>16813589 The language and literary games.

Anonymous Wed Nov 18 23:22:55 2020 No.16820149

>>16815805
>>16817406
>>16819146
This, finished it recently.
And the best thing about the book it's how it handles the main character and storytelling.
Like the other anon said, he's so charismatic to the point you forget he is abusing lolita, and in a lot of times, you root for him to succeed.
A genuine sociopath that you end up liking.

>>	Anonymous Thu Nov 19 00:57:47 2020 No.16820558 >>16819673 Yes. Surprisingly all of the lines from the first/last scene that sound like ad-libs are right from the book.

>>	Anonymous Thu Nov 19 02:11:58 2020 No.16820843 File: 54 KB, 713x611, pepesmoke.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] a lot of posted in this thread feels like rationalization of overglorified kiddie smut. lot's of double talking. i don't trust people anymore.

>>	Anonymous Thu Nov 19 02:13:38 2020 No.16820853 File: 91 KB, 666x1051, LOL.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >"serious" female readers always have this book at their top lists why do women enjoy reading an ugly old man abusing a little girl?

>>	Anonymous Thu Nov 19 05:38:20 2020 No.16821469 >>16820149 I really like that one bit where she has that outburst, screaming and laughing saying something like "and then you raped me!", starting to see through the cracks of his illusory writing revealing he's causing unimaginable psychotic trauma.

>>	Anonymous Thu Nov 19 05:45:34 2020 No.16821496 >>16820853 You know why, retard.

>>	Anonymous Thu Nov 19 05:59:22 2020 No.16821538 >>16820853 Daddy knows best.

>>	Anonymous Thu Nov 19 09:41:22 2020 No.16822457 >>16821469 She asked for it.

>>	Anonymous Thu Nov 19 11:01:54 2020 No.16822903 >>16822457 I hope you're not serious

>>	Anonymous Thu Nov 19 11:26:03 2020 No.16823005 >>16822903 She did.

>>	Anonymous Thu Nov 19 11:30:32 2020 No.16823036 >>16822903 Watch it, we got a moralfag here.

>>	Anonymous Thu Nov 19 13:04:08 2020 No.16823605 >>16820853 Humbert seduces you with his prose.

>>	Anonymous Thu Nov 19 13:06:55 2020 No.16823625 >>16813589 Delightful prose style, a hilarious narrator, a weird and gripping story -- it's a work of art, what more can you say?

>>	Anonymous Thu Nov 19 13:07:30 2020 No.16823629 >>16823625 Cunny!

>>	Anonymous Thu Nov 19 13:08:06 2020 No.16823638 >>16820853 What's next, you're going to say you hate Shakespeare because his plays have murder in them?

>>	Anonymous Thu Nov 19 13:12:19 2020 No.16823668 >>16813627 This, Nabokov was a highly intelligent synaesthete and his prose is clever. The story is also very funny, it has some decent action, and a cleverly foreshadowed plot twist.

>>	Anonymous Thu Nov 19 13:12:28 2020 No.16823669 File: 158 KB, 1049x696, mev-12561006.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>16819673 He really isn't. Frank Langella's Quilty is closer to the book. Probably the only really great thing about the '90s film.

>>	Anonymous Thu Nov 19 13:14:07 2020 No.16823673 >>16820843 A lot of posts clearly state that the language of the protagonist is seducing to the point of wanting to rationalize pedophilia. Not that it's an absolute success in that regard

>>	Anonymous Thu Nov 19 13:42:53 2020 No.16823900 >>16813589 Morally dubious narrator/protagonist, explores a fantasy no one dares talk about, and is just extremely well written.

>>	Anonymous Thu Nov 19 13:53:01 2020 No.16823958 >>16823629 Kek

>>	Anonymous Thu Nov 19 14:14:29 2020 No.16824131 >>16823669 Man what I would give to be him.

Anonymous Thu Nov 19 14:18:23 2020 No.16824160
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>>16820853
Cuz daddy issues. I never found any part of this book even remotely sexy (I like MILFs). It's just the best writing in my opinion, and even if it was not, the psychological component is really awesome to analyze. I like other books, but I will always maintain that Lolita is my favorite novel and Humbert is my favorite character.
I read an Indonesian muslim dude's doctoral thesis in which he diagnoses Humbert through a Freudian lens. Worth reading.

Question for you guys:
>what do you make of the Annabel Lee thing? Was it a simple nod to Poe or was Humbert genuinely malformed by the loss of his young love? Considering Humbert is a sociopath, he is probably lying about it and using dark tragic literature to help contribute to his point, but he could very well have been born with the paraphilic deviation from normal sexuality.
Professor Sam Vaknin suggests that the cycle of abuse contributing to pedophilia (external stimuli influencing the brain) is NOT all it is made out to be. That is to say, it would appear that the archetypal profile of the Cunnychad is that of an inherent maladaptivity that occurs either prior to birth or as a result of brain formation idiosyncracies. We also know that Humbert is not an 'exclusive' creep.. "I was perfectly capable of intercourse with Eve, but it was Lilith I longed for."

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