“Lilith,” 48
Lolita. See Lolita (Nabokov); real-life connections to Lolita
Lolita screenplay, 245–248
Mashen’ka (Mary), 47
“A Nursery Tale,” 47–48
Speak, Memory, 256. See also Conclusive Evidence (Nabokov)
“Spring in Fialta,” 10–11
Volshebnik, 50, 51–54
Nabokov: His Life in Art (Levin), 226
Nabokov in America (Roper), 46
Nelson, Lillian, 128
Nickerson, Denise, 248
Nimer, Louise Jean, 203
Nimer, Melvin, 203–204
Nimer, Melvin, Jr., 203–204
Nugget (magazine), 218–219
“A Nursery Tale” (Nabokov), 47–48
nymphet description
in Lolita, 31–32, 180–181
in Nabokov’s earlier writing, 46, 47–49, 51–52
Olympia Press, 209–213, 224, 240
Orlando, Samuel, 78–79
Our Lady of Good Counsel Academy, 113
Palese, Rocco, 80, 139, 145–148, 190, 239
Panaro, Al
life after Sally’s death, 236–237
marriage of, 37
Sally living with family of, 157–160
Sally’s body identification by, 174–175
at Sally’s funeral, 185
on Sally’s psychological state, 161
Sally’s rescue and, 126–127
Sally’s reunion with, 140–141
Panaro, Brian, 237, 254
Panaro, Diana
birth of, 37
childhood, 68, 71, 132, 235
learning of Sally’s captivity, 236–237
reflections on Sally, 253–255
Sally living with family of, 158–160
at Sally’s funeral, 185
Sally’s reunion with, 140–141
Panaro, Susan (sister), 160
birth of daughter, 37
childhood of, 35–36
father of, 34
on La Salle, 131–132
life after Sally’s death, 236–237
marriage of, 37
pregnancy of, 18, 24
Sally living with family of, 158–160
during Sally’s disappearance, 68, 71–72
on Sally’s father, 36
at Sally’s funeral, 185
Sally’s rescue and, 126, 131–132, 254
Sally’s reunion with, 140–141
Paris Review
on Lolita’s real-life connections, 255
on near-destruction of Lolita manuscript, 207
Parker, Dorothy, 208–209
pedophilia
case study of, 29–30
La Salle and, 58
Nabokov’s fictional accounts of, 45–50. See also Lolita (Nabokov); real-life connections to Lolita
pedophile archetype, 7, 31–32, 52–55
Pera, Pia, 249–250
Pfeffer family, 21–24, 39–40, 138
Pfeil, Charles, 112–113, 193
Pfeil, Nelrose, 112–113, 192–194
Pfeil, Tom, 112–113, 192–194
Philadelphia Inquirer
on Sally’s disappearance, 25, 39. 217
on Sally’s encounter with Pfeffer family, 22
on Sally’s mother, 68
Pilarchik, John, 96
plagiarism possibility, 220
Pianette, Florence (Sally’s alias), 112, 118
Poe, Edgar Allan, 54, 203
Porter, Cole, 244
Prescott, Orville, 215
prisoners, reaction to Lolita, 7
Pulaski Highway, 88
Quinn (monsignor), 90
Ransom, John Crowe, 103
Reading Lolita in Tehran (Nafisi), 257
real-life connections to Lolita
car accidents, 108, 200–203, 220
direct reference to Sally, 1
G. Edward Grammar case, 200–203
Lanz and Lolita, 54–55
La Salle and, 152–155, 178–180, 219–221, 246
La Salle’s sentence and, 155
media attempts to reveal, 3–5, 217–221, 222–227, 255
media coverage and, 152–154, 168, 177–180, 200–203
Nabokov on, 8, 10–11, 46, 222–225, 255–256
Nabokov’s notes, 104, 167, 177–180, 179, 200–201, 225
Sally’s captivity, direct reference to, 1
Sally’s captivity time frame, 153–155
Sally’s confession to school chum, 122, 123, 133, 155
Sally’s death and, 23
Sally’s mother and, 108–109, 219–220, 246
Sally’s phone call for help, 132–134, 155
of Sally’s physical description, 30–31, 181
setting of, 29, 105–106
Ridgewell, Rosemary, 212, 241–242, 243
Rifkin, John, 174
road trips. See cross-country trips
Robinson, Frank (La Salle alias), 25
Robles abduction case, 84–85
Rock, Joe, 78
Roper, Robert, 46, 152, 207
Rust, Ann, 79
Saint Ann’s Catholic School, 89–91
Salt Lake City writing conference, 102–103
San Jose (CA), 121–123, 125–127
Scheffler, Curt, 60
Schiff Stacy, 10, 206–207, 226
Schiff Stephen, 250
Schopp, Paul, 100
Schultz, Joseph, 24–25
Sears, Thomas, 186
Sellers, Peter, 247
Shapiro, Edward, 61, 70–71
Sheehan, Bartholomew, 63, 80
Shewchuk, Peter, 77–79
shop-lifting incident, 15–17
Sirin, V. (Nabokov’s pseudonym), 47
Slonim, Véra, 47. See also Nabokov, Véra
Smart abduction case, 85–86
Smillie, Maude, 114
Smith, Orris, 96
Speak, Memory (Nabokov), 256. See also Conclusive Evidence (Nabokov)
Stan, Colleen, 86
Starts, Carol. See Taylor, Carol
Stegner, Wallace, 103
Stern, Bert, 247
Studies in the Psychology of Sex (Ellis), 29–30, 249, 255
Swain, Dominique, 250
Swain, William Ralph, 34–35
Taylor, Carol, 169
on Baker, 187
on Lolita’s connection to Sally, 237–238
Sally’s death and, 175–176, 185–186
Sally’s friendship with, 162–163, 169–170, 171
Tenenbaum (judge), 187
Thompson, Marshall
background, 40–41
La Salle’s extradition and, 139, 143–144
life after Sally’s death, 238–239
personal characteristics of, 41–42
Sally’s rescue and, 127
search for Sally, 25–26, 40–43, 69
“Walk of Death” massacre, connections to, 95–98
Time (magazine), on Lolita’s popularity, 241–242
Trainer, Russell, 249
Troy, Ann, 90
Troy, Mary, 90
Unruh, Howard, 94–100, 99
Vineland Daily Journal
on car accident, 183, 186
on Sally’s rescue, 184
Volshebnik (Nabokov), 50, 51–54
“Walk of Death” massacre, 94–100
Wallace, Bruce, 145
Warner, Frank (La Salle alias), 19–20, 24–26
Warren, Earl, 139
Watson, Donald, 61
Weiner, Jacob, 131–132
Weld, Tuesday, 247
Welding, Peter, 217–221, 222–223
Wellesley College, 27, 29
White, Katharine, 151, 206, 207–208
Wildwood Leader, on car crash, 174
Wildwood trip, 169–173
Wilkie, John V., 61–63
Wilson, Edmund, 29–30, 206, 208–209
Wilson, Elena, 208
Wilson, Helen Matlack, 96
Wilson, John, 96
Winters, Shelley, 247
Woodrow Wilson High School, 163