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395 Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov (A Best of HOL Episode)

The History of Literature

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Almost Every Book Contains a Double, and That's Certainly the Case With His Greatest Books

Nebelko is stantly giving us doubles in his fictions. Almost every book contains a double, and that's certainly the case with his greatest books. He seemed as if the animus that froyd inspired in nebokof was the very thing that made him want to write in ways that were more expansive than froyd could ever dream while at the same time seemingly to istantiate every theory that froyD put forth.

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