Dmitri Nabokov Volgorde van de boeken (chronologisch)

Over four hundred letters chronicle the author's career, recording his struggles in the publishing world, the battles over "Lolita," and his relationship with his wife.

Beginning the theme that continued with LOLITA, a man attempts to justify his erotic obsession with a young girl by marrying her ailing mother, whose death soon leaves him as the sole guardian of the pre-pubescent child.

<i>De Tovenaar</i>, geschreven in Parijs in het najaar van 1939, is de 'Pre-<i>Lolita</i> novelle' die <b>Nabokov</b> noemt in het nawoord van <i>Lolita</i>.