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Rick Gekoski tells the story behind 20th-century literary masterpieces. 2: Lolita - Vladimir Nabokov The last thing that the aristocratic and scholarly
Nabakov wanted when Lolita was published was a scandal. But when an American publisher said it should be buried under a stone for 1,000 years, Lolita's notoriety had begun. Producer IvanHowlett

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