'Lolita' — now with pictures

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By Ron Charles October 13 at 12:14 PM  

Even in these sophisticated latter days, “Lolita” still carries a scent of pedophilic scandal. Are we ready for an illustrated version of Nabokov’s classic?

The Folio Society, a small London publisher of fine volumes, has just released a boxed edition with the name spelled out on the cover as Humbert Humbert pronounces it in his opening paragraph: “Lo. Lee. Ta.” Laced sparingly throughout the text are eight, full-page, color images by the artist Federico Infante — which in this context sounds like a Nabokovian pun.