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Originally Posted by Sackett
That's not true. Humbert is an unreliable narrator, as we are consistently informed. The story is told from his perspective in which he claims that he is the one tempted and manipulated by Lolita. Objectively, even when given only Humbert's side of the story, Humbert was the one who exploited Lolita. The ending even explicitly states this, when Humbert admits that he was a maniac who deprived Lolita of her childhood.
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I'm gonna guess Solace was referring to the 1962 movie version?Because I got the same impression as him watching it, havn't read the book though.