searching for Sally and, 24–26, 39–43, 69
sentencing of, 148
statutory rape case against, 26, 61–65, 64, 145
La Salle, “Madeline,” 60–63, 191–192, 195–197
Laughlin, James, 152, 208
Laughter in the Dark (Nabokov), 48–49, 208
Lerner, Alan Jay, 248
Let’s Make Love (film), 244
Leuthold, Dorothy, 28, 102
Leva, Frank, 128
Levin, Alan, 222, 226
Levin, Herman, 74
“Lilith” (Nabokov), 48
Lindbergh abduction case, 84
Logan, Douglas, 128
lolicon, 249
Lolita (film), 225–227, 245–248
Lolita (film remake), 250
Lolita (Nabokov). See also real-life connections to Lolita
adaptations of, 248–251, 257
alternate ending theories, 180
archive materials on, 10, 104, 177–180, 179, 200–201, 224–227
car accidents, 108, 200–203, 220
completion of, 205–209
copyright to, 210, 213–215
cross-country trip in, 12, 28, 154, 178, 202, 219
Dolores’s admirable characteristics revealed in, 181–182
Janisch (Ruth) on, 231–232
literary critics on, 208–209
literary inspirations, 54
“Lolita” name origin, 207
manuscript destruction attempts, 2, 206–207
mid-century America description in, 28
as more art than life, 222–225
Nabokov’s earlier writing foreshadowing, 48–50, 51–52
narrator’s self-justification in, 6, 52–53
nymphet description, 31–32, 180–181
pedophile archetype in, 7, 31–32, 52–55
plot and scenes from, 31, 106–108, 132–134, 153–154, 180–182, 256–257
popular culture references in, 160–161
popularity of, 215–216, 240–242, 243–245, 255
press reception for, 214–215
pseudonym consideration for, 207–208
publication of, 209–213, 224, 240
readers’ reactions to, 5–7, 10–11, 12, 208–209, 224, 258
rejections of, 208–209
reviews of, 214–215
sequels (unauthorized), 248–249
setting, 29, 105–106
sympathy for narrator, 6–7
telephones in, 132–134, 155
victimization portrayed in, 241–242
Volshebnik comparison to, 51–54
Lolita, My Love (musical), 248
The Lolita Complex (Trainer), 249
“Lolita Has a Secret—Shhh!” (Welding), 218–223, 218
Lolita look-alike contest, 244–245
Lo’s Diary (Pera), 249–250
Lyne, Adrian, 250–251
Mailer, Norman, 211
The Male Lolita (Trainer), 249
manga, 249
Marter, William, 25, 127
Marx, Groucho, 244
Mashen’ka (Mary) (Nabokov), 47
Mason, James, 247
Mason, Portland, 247
Matlack, Emma, 96
Maurer, Russ, 98
The Maximum Security Book Club (Brottman), 6–7
McCarthy, Mary, 208
McCord, Mrs., 25
McDade murder case, 79–80
media coverage
of Forstein case, 69–71
La Salle’s desire to shield Sally from, 145, 147
of La Salle’s return to Philadelphia, 144–145
of Lolita film stars, 247
as Lolita inspiration, 152–154, 168, 177–180, 200–203
in Nabokov’s archives, 10, 104, 177–180, 179, 200–201, 224–227
of Sally’s captivity, 152–154
of Sally’s death, 175–176, 183–184
of Sally’s disappearance, 67–68
of Sally’s mother, 67–68, 131–132
Minton, Polly, 241–243
Minton, Walter, 211–215, 241–243
“Miss Robinson” (mystery woman), 87–88, 138
Mizibrocky, Matilda, 202
Monroe, Marilyn, 244
Mulligan, James, 98, 144
“My Heart Belongs to Daddy” (Cole), 244
Nabokov, Dmitri
childhood, 50
cross-country trips of, 28–29, 102–105, 165–168
Lolita look-alike contest and, 244–245
with Minton’s wife, 242–243
Nabokov, Véra, 166
as academic stand-in for husband, 29
background, 27–28, 47, 50
biography of, 10
cross-country trips of, 28–29, 102–105, 165–168, 177, 204–205, 214–216, 227–228
on Dolores’s character, 182
on Lolita as more art than life, 222–225
on Lolita’s popularity, 214, 240, 244
on Minton, 241–243
as Nabokov’s gatekeeper, 9, 215, 223–224, 226
on Nabokov’s interest in Nimer case, 203
saving Lolita manuscript, 2, 206–207
Nabokov, Vladimir. See also Lolita; Nabokov, Vladimir, works by; real-life connections to Lolita
academic career, leave of absence from, 214, 216
academic career at Cornell University, 8, 29, 101–102, 105, 165–166, 203, 205–206
academic career in Cambridge (MA), 27–28, 29, 166
affairs of, 28, 50
archives of, 10, 104, 177–180, 179, 200–201, 224–227
autobiography, 28, 102
background, 7–10, 27–28, 50–51
biography by, 8, 28
butterfly-hunting, 27, 29, 45, 103–105, 165–167, 166, 204, 214–215
on Carroll, 54
cross-country trips of, 28–29, 102–105, 165–168, 177, 204–205, 214–216, 227–228
on Dolores’s character, 182
on Freud, 249
on Girodias and Olympia Press, 210–211
health of, 28–29, 50–51, 151–152, 166
index card writing method, 104, 167, 177–180, 179, 200–201, 203, 205, 225
on literal mapping of fiction to real life, 8, 10–11
on Lolita, My Love, 248
on Lolita as more art than life, 8, 10–11, 46, 222–225, 255–256
on Lolita look-alike contest, 244–245
on Lolita’s narrator’s prototype, 55
on Lolita’s popularity, 215–216, 244
molestation of, 256
on mystery novels, 203
notes by, 104, 167, 177–180, 179, 200–201, 225
on pedophilia case study, 29–30
pedophilia exploration in writings of, 29–30, 45–50. See also Lolita (Nabokov)
photographs of, 45, 104, 166
popular culture references by, 160–161, 167
publication of, through G. P. Putnam’s Sons, 211–215
real-life crime stories and. See real-life connections to Lolita
relocation to Switzerland, 216
on rereading books, 10
on time for writing, 102
Nabokov, Vladimir D. (father), 46
Nabokov, Vladimir, works by
Bend Sinister, 28
Camera Obscura, 48–49
Conclusive Evidence, 28, 102, 151–152
Dar, 49–50
Despair, 203
early writings of, 47
The Enchanter, 53, 221. See also Volshebnik (Nabokov)
The Gift, 49–50
Invitation to a Beheading, 203
Laughter in the Dark, 48–49, 208