> In my mind it is one of the most beautifully written books in the history of modern English. It is interesting how truly by-lingual Nabokov was. He wrote Lol

> In my mind it is one of the most beautifully written books in the history of modern English. It is interesting how truly by-lingual Nabokov was. He wrote Lolita in English and then translated it himself into Russian. The original and the translation show profound mastery in both languages.