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Originally Posted by BelleZora
I read Lolita last month and it was among the best books I read last year or any year. However, it had no romance. I can think of no aspect of the book that could fall into any romance category. I highly recommend the book when we are choosing classics or literary fiction. Its literary allusions make it a joy for those of us who like that sort of thing.
I really hope that it won't win in the romance category. The very thought turns my stomach.
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Yeah - I'm really hoping we can read this one day in the book club as I'd love to read it for the first time and discuss it with a group. However, even I was a bit shocked at this for a romance selection.
I'm not sure if WorldCat should be the authoritative resource for this kind of classification or not, but it has the following for
Lolita:
- Erotic fiction
- Love stories
- Fiction
I haven't read the book at all (just want to), so I'll probably vote for it anyway and I'll probably hold this classification from WorldCat up as a shield if I have to.
But if it doesn't win, I'll be equally happy to discuss it as part of another selection at another time.