Lolita
Vladimir Nabokov · 1777
How long does it take to read Lolita?
About 6 hours 43 minutes
336 pages at 50 pages an hour. 14 days at 30 minutes a day. Work out your own time.
Lolita is a 1955 novel written by Russian-American novelist Vladimir Nabokov. The novel is notable for its controversial subject: the protagonist and unreliable narrator, a middle-aged literature professor under the pseudonym Humbert Humbert, is obsessed with a 12-year-old girl, Dolores Haze, whom he sexually molests after he becomes her stepfather. "Lolita" is his private nickname for Dolores. The novel was originally written in English and first published in Paris in 1955 by Olympia Press. Later it was translated into Russian by Nabokov himself and published in New York City in 1967 by Phaedra Publishers.
How long does it take to read Lolita?
Lolita is 336 pages, so it takes about 6 hours 43 minutes to read at an average pace of 50 pages an hour. A relaxed reader at 35 pages an hour needs about 9 hours 36 minutes; a fast reader at 70 pages an hour, about 4 hours 48 minutes.
How many days to read Lolita at 20 minutes a day?
About 21 days, reading 20 minutes a day at 50 pages an hour.
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