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To: Borges
Lolita is a masterpiece. It’s one of the great American novels about America.

I'll have to take your word for that. But if it is, it's not because "we have been seduced into conniving in the violation, because we have permitted our fantasies to accept what we know to be revolting" if that is the end of the matter.

31 posted on 02/23/2015 10:21:13 AM PST by 9thLife ("Life is a military endeavor..." -- Pope Francis)
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To: 9thLife

Ever read Macbeth? Part of the play’s genius is realizing how much you can sympathize with a brilliant character who is slowly revealed to be evil.


38 posted on 02/23/2015 10:26:00 AM PST by Borges
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