Summary: On this day in 1958, Vladimir Nabokov's novel Lolita was published in the United States by G.P. Putnam's Sons. The book was a sensation, selling more than 100,000 copies in one week--the first novel to do so since Gone with the Wind.
Summary: On this day in 1958, Vladimir Nabokov's novel Lolita was published in the United States by G.P. Putnam's Sons. The book was a sensation, selling more than 100,000 copies in one week--the first novel to do so since Gone with the Wind.