Wednesday, October 10, 2012

15 Scathing Early Reviews of Classic Novels


by . Posted on Flavorpill - Monday Oct 8, 2012



Lolita, then, is undeniably news in the world of books. Unfortunately, it is bad news. There are two equally serious reasons why it isn’t worth any adult reader’s attention. The first is that it is dull, dull, dull in a pretentious, florid and archly fatuous fashion. The second is that it is repulsive.” — Orville Prescott, The New York Times, 1958

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