Vladimir Nabokov's Lolita is one of the best-known novels of the 20th century the controversial story of Humbert Humbert who falls in love with twelve year old Lolita beautifully repackaged as part of the Penguin Essentials range' Lolita light of my life fire of my loins My sin my soul Lo-lee-ta the tip of my tongue taking a trip of three steps down the palate to tap at three on the teeth Lo Lee Ta' Humbert Humbert is a middle-aged frustrated college professor In love with his landlady's twelve-year-old daughter Lolita he'll do anything to possess her Unable & unwilling to stop himself he is prepared to commit any crime to get what he wants Is he in love or insane? A silver-tongued poet or a pervert? A tortured soul or a monster? Or is he all of these?