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I think it also shows how society has changed like Hamlet53 pointed out. Prior to the start of the 20th century there were no laws against what Humbert was doing to/with Lolita. People may or may not have thought it was acceptable, but it wasn't til the 1890's or early 1900's that they actually made laws against it. Of course back then they allowed child labor in factories as well and if the kid got caught in the machine and injured/killed they just had to find someone else to do the job. Childhood as we know it now didn't exist.
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