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Humbert rents a room in the Ramsdale home of Charlotte Haze and her daughter Dolores.
Part 1, Chapter 10After Humbert kidnaps Dolores (Lolita) from camp, they embark on a cross-country road trip.
Part 1, Chapter 27After finding Lolita and murdering Clare Quilty, Humbert goes to jail and writes Lolita.
Part 2, Chapter 36| Chapter | Summary |
|---|---|
| Part 1, Foreword–Chapter 1 | The Foreword comes from the fictional academic John Ray Jr., PhD, an editor with a special affinity for the subject ma... Read More |
| Part 1, Chapters 2–3 | Humbert describes his privileged childhood in Europe. After his mother's and then his aunt's deaths, his wealthy fathe... Read More |
| Part 1, Chapters 4–5 | Humbert begins the chapter wondering if his tendencies (i.e., his sexual interest in young girls) caused or resulted f... Read More |
| Part 1, Chapters 6–7 | Briefly Humbert weighs whether his gaze does damage to those it lands on, but he concludes, "Oh, it was, and remains, ... Read More |
| Part 1, Chapters 8–9 | Humbert describes Valeria's initial appeal as well as what makes her ultimately repulsive to him. He gets through his ... Read More |
| Part 1, Chapters 10–11 | Humbert looks for and finds a place in New England conducive to working, in which he has renewed interest. He agrees t... Read More |
| Part 1, Chapters 12–13 | Humbert now blames the devil for the pattern of temptation and frustration. He adds that he was practiced at achieving... Read More |
| Part 1, Chapters 14–15 | Humbert says he's proud of himself for accomplishing what he did without Lolita knowing. Indeed he still intended "to ... Read More |
| Part 1, Chapters 16–17 | Humbert is in Lolita's closet smelling her clothes when the maid, Louise, hands him a letter from Charlotte detailing ... Read More |
| Part 1, Chapters 18–19 | Humbert describes his quiet wedding and marriage to Charlotte in his typical sardonic, distanced, condescending tone. ... Read More |
| Part 1, Chapters 20–21 | Humbert learns that Charlotte plans to ship Lolita off to a boarding school. He thinks about how much easier it was to... Read More |
| Part 1, Chapters 22–23 | Anticipating Lolita's arrival home from Camp Q, Humbert visits the doctor and convinces him to provide medicine to mak... Read More |
| Part 1, Chapters 24–25 | Humbert is leaving Ramsdale after ten weeks of living there. He reminds us of how attractive his "gloomy good looks" a... Read More |
| Part 1, Chapters 26–27 | Humbert complains about living in jail; he's confused about when events in his story actually happened; he has a heada... Read More |
| Part 1, Chapters 28–29 | Humbert wanders around the hotel as he anticipates his first real sexual experience with Lolita. He justifies his acti... Read More |
| Part 1, Chapters 30–31 | Humbert imagines what he would paint on the murals of The Enchanted Hunters hotel. Now having possessed Lolita, Humber... Read More |
| Part 1, Chapters 32–33 | Humbert explains how Lolita had sex with Charlie Holmes, the camp mistress's son, at Camp Q. They get ready to leave t... Read More |
| Part 2, Chapters 1–2 | Lolita and Humbert drive all over the United States, from the East to the South and then the West and then to Beardsle... Read More |
| Part 2, Chapters 3–4 | Humbert searches for a beach and water, "a Kingdom by the Sea" so he can truly relive his experience with Annabel, but... Read More |
| Part 2, Chapters 5–6 | Humbert gets to know his neighbors and frets over those who show curiosity about his and Lolita's relationship. Living... Read More |
| Part 2, Chapters 7–8 | Humbert begins to worry that Lolita is becoming immoral. She does not provide him with natural affection, which he wou... Read More |
| Part 2, Chapters 9–10 | Humbert is disappointed in Lolita's girlfriends though he is interested in Eva Rosen, "a displaced little person from ... Read More |
| Part 2, Chapters 11–12 | Miss Pratt, the headmistress of the Beardsley School, has a chat with Humbert, informing him about Lolita's progress a... Read More |
| Part 2, Chapters 13–14 | Lolita is very involved in the production of The Enchanted Hunters, and Humbert is not paying much attention to what t... Read More |
| Part 2, Chapters 15–16 | Lolita and Humbert once again set out on the road with Lolita in charge now, tracing the route. Humbert wonders if it'... Read More |
| Part 2, Chapters 17–18 | Humbert feels vaguely that he is in the hands of McFate; he reassures himself that he still has Harold Haze's gun. ... Read More |
| Part 2, Chapters 19–20 | As they head toward Wace they stop at a post office to check for forwarded mail. Dolly/Lolita has a letter from her fr... Read More |
| Part 2, Chapters 21–22 | Humbert watches a bather at the swimming pool watch Lolita. Humbert is becoming more and more anxious and paranoid: he... Read More |
| Part 2, Chapters 23–24 | Once Lolita has disappeared Humbert searches for her. He tells himself that Trapp has kidnapped her. He looks for Loli... Read More |
| Part 2, Chapters 25–26 | Three years later Humbert has slowly, with great difficulty, given up some of Lolita's things—her accumulation of teen... Read More |
| Part 2, Chapters 27–28 | Humbert receives two letters. One is from his old Ramsdale neighbor John Farlow. Jean Farlow has died of cancer, and J... Read More |
| Part 2, Chapters 29–30 | Lolita answers the door. She's older, wearing pink-rimmed glasses, and very pregnant. After much prodding she tells Hu... Read More |
| Part 2, Chapters 31–32 | Humbert reviews his "case" and feels that he now sees himself and Dolly/Lolita clearly. He recalls a visit two years e... Read More |
| Part 2, Chapters 33–34 | Humbert returns to Ramsdale and walks through the streets where he used to walk when he lived with Charlotte and Dolly... Read More |
| Part 2, Chapters 35–36 | Humbert enters Pavor Manor (leaving Insomnia Lodge) and puts new cartridges in his gun, which is oily. He worries that... Read More |
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