Meet the Real Lolita Who Inspired Nabokov’s Novel

The author made a reference in ‘Lolita’ to a child who was kidnapped in 1948 and held captive for 21 months. The parallels are unsettling. Nabokov, of course, denied them all.

Sarah Weinman

Published Sep. 15 2018 9:13PM EDT 

Sarah Weinman

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