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on La Salle, 131–132

life after Sally’s death, 236–237

marriage of, 37

pregnancy of, 18, 24

Sally living with family of, 158–160

during Sally’s disappearance, 68, 71–72

on Sally’s father, 36

at Sally’s funeral, 185

Sally’s rescue and, 126, 131–132, 254

Sally’s reunion with, 140–141

Paris Review

on Lolita ’s real-life connections, 255

on near-destruction of Lolita manuscript, 207

Parker, Dorothy, 208–209

pedophilia

case study of, 29–30

La Salle and, 58

Nabokov’s fictional accounts of, 45–50. See also Lolita (Nabokov); real-life connections to Lolita

pedophile archetype, 7, 31–32, 52–55

Pera, Pia, 249–250

Pfeffer family, 21–24, 39–40, 138

Pfeil, Charles, 112–113, 193

Pfeil, Nelrose, 112–113, 192–194

Pfeil, Tom, 112–113, 192–194

Philadelphia Inquirer

on Sally’s disappearance, 25, 39. 217

on Sally’s encounter with Pfeffer family, 22

on Sally’s mother, 68

Pilarchik, John, 96

plagiarism possibility, 220

Pianette, Florence (Sally’s alias), 112, 118

Poe, Edgar Allan, 54, 203

Porter, Cole, 244

Prescott, Orville, 215

prisoners, reaction to Lolita, 7

Pulaski Highway, 88

Quinn (monsignor), 90

Ransom, John Crowe, 103

Reading Lolita in Tehran (Nafisi), 257

real-life connections to Lolita

car accidents, 108, 200–203, 220

direct reference to Sally, 1

G. Edward Grammar case, 200–203

Lanz and Lolita, 54–55

La Salle and, 152–155, 178–180, 219–221, 246

La Salle’s sentence and, 155

media attempts to reveal, 3–5, 217–221, 222–227, 255

media coverage and, 152–154, 168, 177–180, 200–203

Nabokov on, 8, 10–11, 46, 222–225, 255–256

Nabokov’s notes, 104 , 167, 177–180, 179 , 200–201, 225

Sally’s captivity, direct reference to, 1

Sally’s captivity time frame, 153–155

Sally’s confession to school chum, 122, 123, 133, 155

Sally’s death and, 23

Sally’s mother and, 108–109, 219–220, 246

Sally’s phone call for help, 132–134, 155

of Sally’s physical description, 30–31, 181

setting of, 29, 105–106

Ridgewell, Rosemary, 212, 241–242, 243

Rifkin, John, 174

road trips. See cross-country trips

Robinson, Frank (La Salle alias), 25

Robles abduction case, 84–85

Rock, Joe, 78

Roper, Robert, 46, 152, 207

Rust, Ann, 79

Saint Ann’s Catholic School, 89–91

Salt Lake City writing conference, 102–103

San Jose (CA), 121–123, 125–127

Scheffler, Curt, 60

Schiff Stacy, 10, 206–207, 226

Schiff Stephen, 250

Schopp, Paul, 100

Schultz, Joseph, 24–25

Sears, Thomas, 186

Sellers, Peter, 247

Shapiro, Edward, 61, 70–71

Sheehan, Bartholomew, 63, 80

Shewchuk, Peter, 77–79

shop-lifting incident, 15–17

Sirin, V. (Nabokov’s pseudonym), 47

Slonim, Véra, 47. See also Nabokov, Véra

Smart abduction case, 85–86

Smillie, Maude, 114

Smith, Orris, 96

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

Stan, Colleen, 86

Starts, Carol. See Taylor, Carol

Stegner, Wallace, 103

Stern, Bert, 247

Studies in the Psychology of Sex (Ellis), 29–30, 249, 255

Swain, Dominique, 250

Swain, William Ralph, 34–35

Taylor, Carol, 169

on Baker, 187

on Lolita ’s connection to Sally, 237–238

Sally’s death and, 175–176, 185–186

Sally’s friendship with, 162–163, 169–170, 171

Tenenbaum (judge), 187

Thompson, Marshall

background, 40–41

La Salle’s extradition and, 139, 143–144

life after Sally’s death, 238–239

personal characteristics of, 41–42

Sally’s rescue and, 127

search for Sally, 25–26, 40–43, 69

“Walk of Death” massacre, connections to, 95–98

Time (magazine), on Lolita’s popularity, 241–242

Trainer, Russell, 249

Troy, Ann, 90

Troy, Mary, 90

Unruh, Howard, 94–100, 99

Vineland Daily Journal

on car accident, 183, 186

on Sally’s rescue, 184

Volshebnik (Nabokov), 50, 51–54

“Walk of Death” massacre, 94–100

Wallace, Bruce, 145

Warner, Frank (La Salle alias), 19–20, 24–26

Warren, Earl, 139

Watson, Donald, 61

Weiner, Jacob, 131–132

Weld, Tuesday, 247

Welding, Peter, 217–221, 222–223

Wellesley College, 27, 29

White, Katharine, 151, 206, 207–208

Wildwood Leader, on car crash, 174

Wildwood trip, 169–173

Wilkie, John V., 61–63

Wilson, Edmund, 29–30, 206, 208–209

Wilson, Elena, 208

Wilson, Helen Matlack, 96

Wilson, John, 96

Winters, Shelley, 247

Woodrow Wilson High School, 163

Woods, Elmer B., 188

Woolworth’s, 15–16

Young, Marie, 184–185, 188

Zegrino, Helen, 96

Zegrino, Thomas, 96

Zenzinov, Vladimir, 102

SARAH WEINMANis the editor of Women Crime Writers: Eight Suspense Novels of the 1940s & 50s and Troubled Daughters, Twisted Wives. She covers book publishing for Publishers Marketplace, and has written for the New York Times , the Washington Post , the New Republic, the Guardian , and Buzzfeed, among other outlets. She lives in Brooklyn, New York.

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Names: Weinman, Sarah, author.

Title: The real Lolita : the kidnapping of Sally Horner and the novel that scandalized the world / [by Sarah Weinman].

Description: First edition. | New York, NY : HarperCollins Publishers, 2018. | Includes bibliographical references and index.

Identifiers: LCCN 2018006366 (print) | LCCN 2018021107 (ebook) | ISBN 9780062661944 (ebook) | ISBN 9780062861184 | ISBN 9780062661951 | ISBN 9780062661920 | ISBN 9780062661937

Subjects: LCSH: Horner, Sally. | Kidnapping—United States—Case studies. | Child abuse—United States—Case studies. | Captivity—United States—Case studies.