EDNOTE.  I am always somewhat bemused by journalistic and academic references to Humber as middle-aged or even old. In fact he is a mere 37 when the affair begins and 39 at its end.
 
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From: Amina Q. Jaleel
To: chtodel@cox.net
Sent: Friday, March 21, 2003 7:47 PM
Subject: Age difference and desire

And here's to you, Mrs Robinson

The older woman, immortalised by Anne Bancroft in The Graduate, is every young man's sexual fantasy - this author explains why, even at the age of 61, his enthusiasm for female maturity remains undiminished

 

 

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,7-605016,00.html

 

 

Lolita is the self-conscious, classic study of a middle-aged man infatuated with a teenager. She is a nightmare, we know, and hardly virginal, but that does not deter Humbert from his pursuit. It’s the source of the novel’s comedy, for we see him as he sees himself, a much mocked but willing victim.”

 

 

 

Hi, I thought the listserv might find this article interesting and relevant.  Please post it if you think it has some significance.  Thanks.

 

-Amina.

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