Creator
CLARE QUILTY with VIVIAN DARKBLOOM
Title
The Lady Who Loved Lightning
Coverage
New York
Publisher
Spelvin Bros
Date
1941
Subject
First mentioned in Vladimir Nabokov’s Lolita.
Description
Clare Quilty, the author of this dark farce and well-known writer of plays for children, was alledgedly murdered by his colleague Humbert Humbert, the unreliable narrator of the book of origin.
In consequence, Quilty may not actually exist. Should that be the case, this would be the unique instance of an imaginary book being written by a character who does not exist even in his book of origin and who is thus doubly imaginary.
In consequence, Quilty may not actually exist. Should that be the case, this would be the unique instance of an imaginary book being written by a character who does not exist even in his book of origin and who is thus doubly imaginary.
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