Humbert Humbert in his teenage years had a passionate unfulfilled first love affair for which he has been obsessed for many years. Living in a small England town, during his middle-age he becomes equally obsessed with a twelve year old girl named Lolita Haze who reminded him of his first relationship. He starts living as a lodger at the home of Lolita's lonely mother, Charlotte Haze in order to be close to Lolita. Ultimately he marries Charlotte who eventually gets to know his motives but gets killed in an accident. After Charlotte's death, Humbert involves Lolita in a physical relationship with him and travelling all over the places so that he is not caught. But Lolita is not a simple victim and over time she begins to manipulate Humbert as she is determined to escape Humbert. A witty, erotic and disturbing reead with brilliant literary allusions.