The Tale Of Two Lolitas

I had known that The New Yorker had published a “Lolita” short story by Dorothy Parker (pictured) in 1955, shortly before Nabokov’s “Lolita” novel came out in Paris. But I had not been fully aware of the coincidences behind those titles until I read this story by Galya Diment in New York magazine. Btw, can you believe that hausfrau outfit that Miss Parker is wearing?

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