Lolita Leaving Sparknotes

The novel begins as a foreword given by John Ray Jr. PHD, who explains about the events that will take place that will be talked about in psychiatric circles for a long time. He describes how he received the transcript from the lawyer of Humbert Humbert, the transcript’s author who died while awaiting trial. In the beginning of the story, Humbert describes his childhood at his father’s hotel. During this time, he met his first love Annabel, whose death left an imprint on Humbert. Humbert later describes his interests in young girls, whom he calls “nymphets.” In his first marriage, he weds with a girl named Valeria. Though he finds Valeria’s childlike nature attractive, he found her intelligence to be unattractive. However, this marriage didn’t
After a heated argument, Lolita and Humbert decide to leave for another road trip, on the condition that they go where Lolita wants to go. As they leave, Lolita’s teacher expresses disappointment in Lolita leaving, saying the playwright was impressed by her performance. During their travels, Lolita often separates from Humbert and performs suspicious activities. The book continues to leave hints about the obscure man from earlier in the novel, recalling the name Clare Quilty, whom was the playwright for the play that Lolita was to act in. Though Lolita tells Humbert that Clare Quilty is a female writer, Humber recalls her having a crush on a male celebrity with the same name. Humbert begins notices cars following them, and deduces that whoever it is switches cars to avoid being caught. Before he can confront this person, Lolita distracts him by pulling forward their own car for their pursuer to get away. Humbert’s paranoia begins grow as he notices Lolita’s deceitfulness. One night, she becomes sick and is rushed to the hospital by Humbert. The next morning, Humbert is told that she had left with her uncle and becomes enraged; he leaves in distraught. He dedicates his time to search for Lolita in every hotel they’ve stayed at to try to find clues about her kidnapper, each time only to find a fake