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adaptations of, 248–251, 257

alternate ending theories, 180

archive materials on, 10, 104, 177–180, 179, 200–201, 224–227

car accidents, 108, 200–203, 220

completion of, 205–209

copyright to, 210, 213–215

cross-country trip in, 12, 28, 154, 178, 202, 219

Dolores’s admirable characteristics revealed in, 181–182

Janisch (Ruth) on, 231–232

literary critics on, 208–209

literary inspirations, 54

“Lolita” name origin, 207

manuscript destruction attempts, 2, 206–207

mid-century America description in, 28

as more art than life, 222–225

Nabokov’s earlier writing foreshadowing, 48–50, 51–52

narrator’s self-justification in, 6, 52–53

nymphet description, 31–32, 180–181

pedophile archetype in, 7, 31–32, 52–55

plot and scenes from, 31, 106–108, 132–134, 153–154, 180–182, 256–257

popular culture references in, 160–161

popularity of, 215–216, 240–242, 243–245, 255

press reception for, 214–215

pseudonym consideration for, 207–208

publication of, 209–213, 224, 240

readers’ reactions to, 5–7, 10–11, 12, 208–209, 224, 258

rejections of, 208–209

reviews of, 214–215

sequels (unauthorized), 248–249

setting, 29, 105–106

sympathy for narrator, 6–7

telephones in, 132–134, 155

victimization portrayed in, 241–242

Volshebnik comparison to, 51–54

Lolita, My Love (musical), 248

The Lolita Complex (Trainer), 249

“ Lolita Has a Secret—Shhh!” (Welding), 218–223, 218

Lolita look-alike contest, 244–245

Lo’s Diary (Pera), 249–250

Lyne, Adrian, 250–251

Mailer, Norman, 211

The Male Lolita (Trainer), 249

manga, 249

Marter, William, 25, 127

Marx, Groucho, 244

Mashen’ka ( Mary ) (Nabokov), 47

Mason, James, 247

Mason, Portland, 247

Matlack, Emma, 96

Maurer, Russ, 98

The Maximum Security Book Club (Brottman), 6–7

McCarthy, Mary, 208

McCord, Mrs., 25

McDade murder case, 79–80

media coverage

of Forstein case, 69–71

La Salle’s desire to shield Sally from, 145, 147

of La Salle’s return to Philadelphia, 144–145

of Lolita film stars, 247

as Lolita inspiration, 152–154, 168, 177–180, 200–203

in Nabokov’s archives, 10, 104 , 177–180, 179 , 200–201, 224–227

of Sally’s captivity, 152–154

of Sally’s death, 175–176, 183–184

of Sally’s disappearance, 67–68

of Sally’s mother, 67–68, 131–132

Minton, Polly, 241–243

Minton, Walter, 211–215, 241–243

“Miss Robinson” (mystery woman), 87–88, 138

Mizibrocky, Matilda, 202

Monroe, Marilyn, 244

Mulligan, James, 98, 144

“My Heart Belongs to Daddy” (Cole), 244

Nabokov, Dmitri

childhood, 50

cross-country trips of, 28–29, 102–105, 165–168

Lolita look-alike contest and, 244–245

with Minton’s wife, 242–243

Nabokov, Véra, 166

as academic stand-in for husband, 29

background, 27–28, 47, 50

biography of, 10

cross-country trips of, 28–29, 102–105, 165–168, 177, 204–205, 214–216, 227–228

on Dolores’s character, 182

on Lolita as more art than life, 222–225

on Lolita ’s popularity, 214, 240, 244

on Minton, 241–243

as Nabokov’s gatekeeper, 9, 215, 223–224, 226

on Nabokov’s interest in Nimer case, 203

saving Lolita manuscript, 2, 206–207

Nabokov, Vladimir. See also Lolita ; Nabokov, Vladimir, works by; real-life connections to Lolita

academic career, leave of absence from, 214, 216

academic career at Cornell University, 8, 29, 101–102, 105, 165–166, 203, 205–206

academic career in Cambridge (MA), 27–28, 29, 166

affairs of, 28, 50

archives of, 10, 104 , 177–180, 179 , 200–201, 224–227

autobiography, 28, 102

background, 7–10, 27–28, 50–51

biography by, 8, 28

butterfly-hunting, 27, 29, 45, 103–105, 165–167, 166 , 204, 214–215

on Carroll, 54

cross-country trips of, 28–29, 102–105, 165–168, 177, 204–205, 214–216, 227–228

on Dolores’s character, 182

on Freud, 249

on Girodias and Olympia Press, 210–211

health of, 28–29, 50–51, 151–152, 166

index card writing method, 104 , 167, 177–180, 179 , 200–201, 203, 205, 225

on literal mapping of fiction to real life, 8, 10–11

on Lolita, My Love, 248

on Lolita as more art than life, 8, 10–11, 46, 222–225, 255–256

on Lolita look-alike contest, 244–245

on Lolita ’s narrator’s prototype, 55

on Lolita ’s popularity, 215–216, 244

molestation of, 256

on mystery novels, 203

notes by, 104 , 167, 177–180, 179 , 200–201, 225

on pedophilia case study, 29–30

pedophilia exploration in writings of, 29–30, 45–50. See also Lolita (Nabokov)

photographs of, 45, 104, 166

popular culture references by, 160–161, 167

publication of, through G. P. Putnam’s Sons, 211–215

real-life crime stories and. See real-life connections to Lolita

relocation to Switzerland, 216

on rereading books, 10

on time for writing, 102

Nabokov, Vladimir D. (father), 46

Nabokov, Vladimir, works by

Bend Sinister, 28

Camera Obscura, 48–49

Conclusive Evidence, 28, 102, 151–152

Dar, 49–50

Despair, 203

early writings of, 47

The Enchanter, 53, 221. See also Volshebnik (Nabokov)

The Gift, 49–50

Invitation to a Beheading, 203

Laughter in the Dark, 48–49, 208

“Lilith,” 48

Lolita . See Lolita (Nabokov); real-life connections to Lolita

Lolita screenplay, 245–248

Mashen’ka (Mary), 47

“A Nursery Tale,” 47–48

Speak, Memory, 256. See also Conclusive Evidence (Nabokov)

“Spring in Fialta,” 10–11

Volshebnik, 50, 51–54

Nabokov: His Life in Art (Levin), 226

Nabokov in America (Roper), 46

Nelson, Lillian, 128

Nickerson, Denise, 248

Nimer, Louise Jean, 203

Nimer, Melvin, 203–204

Nimer, Melvin, Jr., 203–204

Nugget (magazine), 218–219

“A Nursery Tale” (Nabokov), 47–48

nymphet description

in Lolita, 31–32, 180–181

in Nabokov’s earlier writing, 46, 47–49, 51–52

Olympia Press, 209–213, 224, 240

Orlando, Samuel, 78–79

Our Lady of Good Counsel Academy, 113

Palese, Rocco, 80, 139, 145–148, 190, 239

Panaro, Al

life after Sally’s death, 236–237

marriage of, 37

Sally living with family of, 157–160

Sally’s body identification by, 174–175

at Sally’s funeral, 185

on Sally’s psychological state, 161

Sally’s rescue and, 126–127

Sally’s reunion with, 140–141

Panaro, Brian, 237, 254

Panaro, Diana

birth of, 37

childhood, 68, 71, 132, 235

learning of Sally’s captivity, 236–237

reflections on Sally, 253–255

Sally living with family of, 158–160

at Sally’s funeral, 185

Sally’s reunion with, 140–141

Panaro, Susan (sister), 160

birth of daughter, 37

childhood of, 35–36

father of, 34