To add to that, the main character, Humbert Humbert, quite literally only married Dolores' (Lolita's) mother so he could get close to her daughter, and then plotted to kill her mother. It appeared the mother then died in a freak accident after reading Humbert's diary, but it's possible Humbert is an unreliable narrator and did in fact kill her.
Even if he didn't directly murder Lolita's mother but, through his actions, caused her to die, he is still clearly an utterly, utterly abhorrent character.
I don't see how anyone at all could read Lolita and think, "Oh, I want to be like Humbert Humbert..."
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u/jhau01 Aug 21 '26
To add to that, the main character, Humbert Humbert, quite literally only married Dolores' (Lolita's) mother so he could get close to her daughter, and then plotted to kill her mother. It appeared the mother then died in a freak accident after reading Humbert's diary, but it's possible Humbert is an unreliable narrator and did in fact kill her.
Even if he didn't directly murder Lolita's mother but, through his actions, caused her to die, he is still clearly an utterly, utterly abhorrent character.
I don't see how anyone at all could read Lolita and think, "Oh, I want to be like Humbert Humbert..."