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It is not Nabokov, then, that wishes us to empathise with Humbert but Humbert himself. Whilst Humbert distorts reality to mist his immorality, Offred does it, as Jeanne Campbell Reesman argues, ...
Nabokov has stated that, ‘ ‘reality’ [is] one of the few words which mean nothing without quotes’, and such a statement underpins both Lolita and The Handmai...
This is perhaps most prominently seen in Offred’s acceptance of the regime’s room designation. When Offred is first describing her room, she refuses to call it hers (‘not m...
The boundary between ‘reality’ and fantasy is, in both Vladimir Nabokov’s Lolita and Margaret Atwood’s The Handmaid’s Tale, blurred, made malleabl...
Since finding this website, I've been hooked! I'm always looking at the Sport articles to see what I can try out, and I've had a lot of fun playing squash at my local leisure centre since reading Cat's article on it. The Places To Go articles have also given me some great ideas for future days out with my family. I really recommend this online magazine - it's great!
George Friday
