Vladimir Nabokov

A Russian-American author.

Pale Fire

Charles Kinbote, who imagines himself King of Zembla, edits murdered John Shade’s poem. 999 lines

Lolita

Humbert Humbert loves 12-year-old Dolores Haze, whom he calls Lolita, and marries her mom Charlotte, who dies. Lolita seduces him but marries Clare Quilty, whom Humbert murders