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Season 27 · Episode 14

My Most Difficult Book - The Story of 'Lolita'

0.0December 1, 1989

How Vladimir Nabokov wrote his most famous novel, and why it is one of the greatest novels ever written.

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Episode 7Art in the Ring
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Episode 12The Kirov Ballet: Leningrad Legend
Episode 13Pipe Dreams
Episode 14My Most Difficult Book - The Story of 'Lolita'
Episode 15Alan Ayckbourn: Sex and Politics
Episode 16Sunday in the Park with Stephen
Episode 17The Novelist Who Would Be President
Episode 18Van Gogh