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What does Lolita mainly talk about?

The novel describes a middle-aged man, Humbert Humbert, who immigrated to the United States from France, and had a first love with a 14-year-old girl Annabelle when he was a boy. In the end, Annabelle His early death from typhoid fever created Humbert's pedophilia (The child I love), and he defined a "goblin" as someone "between the ages of nine and fourteen." Humbert was first abandoned by a wealthy widow, and later became obsessed with the 12-year-old daughter of landlady Charlotte Haze, Lolita, calling her a goblin. Due to the shadow of his childhood, Humbert couldn't help but love Lolita. In order to get close to this precocious and enthusiastic little girl, Humbert married the landlady and became Lolita's stepfather. The girl in the novel was originally named Dolores Haze, and her nickname in Spanish was Lolita or Lo, hence the title of the book.

Later, the landlady discovered in her husband’s diary that her husband was very angry about his attempts on their daughter and his infidelity to her, so she wrote three letters (later torn into pieces by Heng, but according to the article , the remaining paragraphs of the letter, the contents of the three letters want to express that the wife wants to leave her husband for a period of time, and then find a chance to get back together, showing the wife's love for her husband.) On the way to send the letter, he was hit by a car and died. Humbert takes Lolita out of summer camp and travels with her, thinking that by drugging Lolita's drink, he can unknowingly molest her. As a result, the medicine had no effect on Lolita (because it was not a real powerful sleeping pill). On the contrary, Lolita took the initiative to tease Humbert the next morning and had an incestuous relationship. Humbert then informs Lolita that her mother has died, and Lolita has no choice but to accept that she must live with her stepfather. Humbert takes Lolita on a road trip across the United States as a father and daughter. He uses pocket money, beautiful clothes, delicious food and other things that the little girl will like to control Lolita and continue to satisfy his desire for her. desire. As Lolita grows up, she begins to hate her stepfather, realizing that "even the most miserable family life is better than this incestuous situation." So she began to date boys of similar age, and took advantage of a trip to break away from her stepfather's control. At first, Humbert searched frantically, but finally gave up.

Three years later, Humbert received a letter from Lolita one day, saying that she was married and pregnant and needed financial assistance from her stepfather. Humbert gave her $400 in cash, a check for $3,600, and the $10,000 down payment from the buyer who sold the house along with the deed to the house. He asked Lolita to name the person who abducted her at that time, and Lolita told him that person was Quilty (the heroine in the work considered a genius oriental philosopher), who was the playwright of the school performance. She also told him that after she ran away with Creedy, she was kicked out by Creedy because she refused his request to make pornographic videos with her and other boys. Humbert begs Lolita to leave her husband and go with him, but she refuses the request and Humbert is heartbroken. He tracked down and shot Creed.

In the end, Humbert died in prison due to thrombosis, while 17-year-old Lolita died on Christmas Day in 1950 due to dystocia.