Barrie Karp sends the following reference, spotted in The Spectator:

Charlie Chaplin was a suspicious and angry man. His hubris had no limits, nor his interest in young women. Did he inspire Nabokov’s Lolita?... more»

http://www.spectator.co.uk/books/9179261/charlie-chaplin-by-peter-ackroyd-review/



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