The Real Lolita
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captivity in San Jose, 121, 125–127
death of, 2–3, 173–175, 183–185, 221, 257
description of her ordeal, 128–130, 136–137
family life of, 18, 33–37, 157–161, 160–161. See also Horner, Ella (mother); Panaro, Al; Panaro, Diana; Panaro, Susan (sister)
insights into, 84–87, 133, 155, 158–159, 161
La Salle, first encounters with, 15–17, 19–20
at La Salle’s arraignment, 136–137, 145
letters to her mother, 20, 24, 25, 138
Lolita parallels. See under real-life connections to Lolita
Lolita’s direct reference to, 1
love of the outdoors, 163
Miss Robinson and, 87–88, 138
neighbor’s recollections of, 113–115, 121,192–194
photographs of, 2, 25, 232, 239, 140–141, 160–161, 259
physical description of, 1–2, 25–26, 31, 160–161
rescue of, 125–132, 132, 135–138, 139
reunion with mother, 139–142, 140–141
school enrollment after captivity, 158–159, 162
school enrollment during captivity, 89–92, 113
search for, 24–26, 39–43, 69
social life of, 18, 162–163, 169–170, 171–172
subjugation of, 89–91, 257–258
Taylor on, 237–238
Wildwood trip, 169–173
Hughes, Richard, 190
Humes, Charley, 98
Hutton, James, 96
Invitation to a Beheading (Nabokov), 203
Irons, Jeremy, 250
Ithaca (NY), house inspiration in Lolita, 29. See also Cornell University
Jackson Hole (WY), 104
Janeway, Elizabeth, 215
Janisch, George, 117–121
Janisch, Pat, 117–118
Janisch, Rachel, 194–195, 229–234
Janisch, Ruth, 119
arrival in Texas, 117–118
background, 116–120
departure from Texas, 121
La Salle’s letters to, 194
Lolita parallel, 220
motivation for helping Sally, 118–121
relationship with her children, 229–232, 234
Sally’s rescue and, 125–127, 146, 194–195
willingness to testify against La Salle, 139
Janisch, Vanessa, 194
Janney, Anthony, 88
Jass, Alfred, 149
Kagamaster, Dale, 112
Kagamaster, Josephine, 114, 115
Kampusch abduction case, 85–86
Karlinsky, Simon, 53
Keegan, Dick, 206–207
King, Ralph, 60
The Kingdom by the Sea. See Lolita (Nabokov)
Klots, Alexander, 103
Knight, Michelle, 86
Krim, Seymour, 218–219
Kubrick, Stanley, 245–248
Langella, Frank, 250
Lanz, Bruno, 255
Lanz, Henry, 54–55
LaPlante (La Salle’s alias), 112
LaPlante, Madeline (Sally’s alias), 89, 112
La Salle, Frank, 64, 148
aliases of, 19–20, 24–26, 58–60, 62, 112, 246
appeals by, 189–192
appellate brief by, 192–194
arraignment of, 136–137
background, 23, 57–58
capture of, 130
children of, 60–63, 191–192, 195–197
death of, 197
divorce of, 63–65
extradition of, 135–136, 138–139, 143–145, 189–190
false narratives by, 23, 109, 130, 191–192, 197
funeral flowers for Sally from, 185
grand jury indictment of, 138–139
guilty plea by, 145–148
Janisch (Rachel) victimized by, 232–234
kidnapping charges against, 69, 81, 111
letters from prison, 194–195
Lolita parallels, 152–155, 178–180, 219–221, 246
Lolita reference to, 1
marriages of, 42, 58–63
personal characteristics of 19–20, 57–58
Pfeffer family helped by, 22–23
physical description, 148
Sally’s captivity, in Atlantic City, 22–26, 25, 39–40, 138
Sally’s captivity, in Baltimore, 83–84, 86–92, 129
Sally’s captivity, in Dallas, 111–116, 118–123, 129,137, 192–194
Sally’s captivity, in San Jose, 121, 125–127
Sally’s captivity, traveling between cities, 86–88, 112, 121–123, 138
Sally’s first encounters with, 15–17, 19–20
Sally’s mother on, 131–132
Sally’s sister on, 131–132
searching for Sally and, 24–26, 39–43, 69
sentencing of, 148
statutory rape case against, 26, 61–65, 64, 145
La Salle, “Madeline,” 60–63, 191–192, 195–197
Laughlin, James, 152, 208
Laughter in the Dark (Nabokov), 48–49, 208
Lerner, Alan Jay, 248
Let’s Make Love (film), 244
Leuthold, Dorothy, 28, 102
Leva, Frank, 128
Levin, Alan, 222, 226
Levin, Herman, 74
“Lilith” (Nabokov), 48
Lindbergh abduction case, 84
Logan, Douglas, 128
lolicon, 249
Lolita (film), 225–227, 245–248
Lolita (film remake), 250
Lolita (Nabokov). See also real-life connections to Lolita
adaptations of, 248–251, 257
alternate ending theories, 180
archive materials on, 10, 104, 177–180, 179, 200–201, 224–227
car accidents, 108, 200–203, 220
completion of, 205–209
copyright to, 210, 213–215
cross-country trip in, 12, 28, 154, 178, 202, 219
Dolores’s admirable characteristics revealed in, 181–182
Janisch (Ruth) on, 231–232
literary critics on, 208–209
literary inspirations, 54
“Lolita” name origin, 207
manuscript destruction attempts, 2, 206–207
mid-century America description in, 28
as more art than life, 222–225
Nabokov’s earlier writing foreshadowing, 48–50, 51–52
narrator’s self-justification in, 6, 52–53
nymphet description, 31–32, 180–181
pedophile archetype in, 7, 31–32, 52–55
plot and scenes from, 31, 106–108, 132–134, 153–154, 180–182, 256–257
popular culture references in, 160–161
popularity of, 215–216, 240–242, 243–245, 255
press reception for, 214–215
pseudonym consideration for, 207–208
publication of, 209–213, 224, 240
readers’ reactions to, 5–7, 10–11, 12, 208–209, 224, 258
rejections of, 208–209
reviews of, 214–215
sequels (unauthorized), 248–249
setting, 29, 105–106
sympathy for narrator, 6–7
telephones in, 132–134, 155
victimization portrayed in, 241–242
Volshebnik comparison to, 51–54
Lolita, My Love (musical), 248
The Lolita Complex (Trainer), 249
“Lolita Has a Secret—Shhh!” (Welding), 218–223, 218
Lolita look-alike contest, 244–245
Lo’s Diary (Pera), 249–250
Lyne, Adrian, 250–251
Mailer, Norman, 211
The Male Lolita (Trainer), 249
manga, 249
Marter, William, 25, 127
Marx, Groucho, 244
Mashen’ka (Mary) (Nabokov), 47
Mason, James, 247
Mason, Portland, 247
Matlack, Emma, 96
Maurer, Russ, 98
; The Maximum Security Book Club (Brottman), 6–7
McCarthy, Mary, 208
McCord, Mrs., 25
McDade murder case, 79–80
media coverage
of Forstein case, 69–71
La Salle’s desire to shield Sally from, 145, 147
of La Salle’s return to Philadelphia, 144–145
of Lolita film stars, 247
as Lolita inspiration, 152–154, 168, 177–180, 200–203
in Nabokov’s archives, 10, 104, 177–180, 179, 200–201, 224–227
of Sally’s captivity, 152–154
of Sally’s death, 175–176, 183–184
of Sally’s disappearance, 67–68
of Sally’s mother, 67–68, 131–132
Minton, Polly, 241–243
Minton, Walter, 211–215, 241–243
“Miss Robinson” (mystery woman), 87–88, 138
Mizibrocky, Matilda, 202
Monroe, Marilyn, 244
Mulligan, James, 98, 144
“My Heart Belongs to Daddy” (Cole), 244
Nabokov, Dmitri
childhood, 50
cross-country trips of, 28–29, 102–105, 165–168
Lolita look-alike contest and, 244–245
with Minton’s wife, 242–243
Nabokov, Véra, 166
as academic stand-in for husband, 29
background, 27–28, 47, 50
biography of, 10
cross-country trips of, 28–29, 102–105, 165–168, 177, 204–205, 214–216, 227–228
on Dolores’s character, 182
on Lolita as more art than life, 222–225
on Lolita’s popularity, 214, 240, 244
on Minton, 241–243
as Nabokov’s gatekeeper, 9, 215, 223–224, 226
on Nabokov’s interest in Nimer case, 203
saving Lolita manuscript, 2, 206–207
Nabokov, Vladimir. See also Lolita; Nabokov, Vladimir, works by; real-life connections to Lolita
academic career, leave of absence from, 214, 216
academic career at Cornell University, 8, 29, 101–102, 105, 165–166, 203, 205–206
academic career in Cambridge (MA), 27–28, 29, 166
affairs of, 28, 50
archives of, 10, 104, 177–180, 179, 200–201, 224–227
autobiography, 28, 102
background, 7–10, 27–28, 50–51
biography by, 8, 28
butterfly-hunting, 27, 29, 45, 103–105, 165–167, 166, 204, 214–215
on Carroll, 54
cross-country trips of, 28–29, 102–105, 165–168, 177, 204–205, 214–216, 227–228
on Dolores’s character, 182
on Freud, 249
on Girodias and Olympia Press, 210–211
health of, 28–29, 50–51, 151–152, 166
index card writing method, 104, 167, 177–180, 179, 200–201, 203, 205, 225
on literal mapping of fiction to real life, 8, 10–11
on Lolita, My Love, 248
on Lolita as more art than life, 8, 10–11, 46, 222–225, 255–256
on Lolita look-alike contest, 244–245
on Lolita’s narrator’s prototype, 55
on Lolita’s popularity, 215–216, 244
molestation of, 256
on mystery novels, 203
notes by, 104, 167, 177–180, 179, 200–201, 225
on pedophilia case study, 29–30
pedophilia exploration in writings of, 29–30, 45–50. See also Lolita (Nabokov)
photographs of, 45, 104, 166
popular culture references by, 160–161, 167
publication of, through G. P. Putnam’s Sons, 211–215
real-life crime stories and. See real-life connections to Lolita
relocation to Switzerland, 216
on rereading books, 10
on time for writing, 102
Nabokov, Vladimir D. (father), 46
Nabokov, Vladimir, works by
Bend Sinister, 28
Camera Obscura, 48–49
Conclusive Evidence, 28, 102, 151–152
Dar, 49–50
Despair, 203
early writings of, 47
The Enchanter, 53, 221. See also Volshebnik (Nabokov)
The Gift, 49–50
Invitation to a Beheading, 203
Laughter in the Dark, 48–49, 208
“Lilith,” 48
Lolita. See Lolita (Nabokov); real-life connections to Lolita
Lolita screenplay, 245–248
Mashen’ka (Mary), 47
“A Nursery Tale,” 47–48
Speak, Memory, 256. See also Conclusive Evidence (Nabokov)
“Spring in Fialta,” 10–11
Volshebnik, 50, 51–54
Nabokov: His Life in Art (Levin), 226
Nabokov in America (Roper), 46
Nelson, Lillian, 128
Nickerson, Denise, 248
Nimer, Louise Jean, 203
Nimer, Melvin, 203–204
Nimer, Melvin, Jr., 203–204
Nugget (magazine), 218–219
“A Nursery Tale” (Nabokov), 47–48
nymphet description
in Lolita, 31–32, 180–181
in Nabokov’s earlier writing, 46, 47–49, 51–52
Olympia Press, 209–213, 224, 240
Orlando, Samuel, 78–79
Our Lady of Good Counsel Academy, 113
Palese, Rocco, 80, 139, 145–148, 190, 239
Panaro, Al
life after Sally’s death, 236–237
marriage of, 37
Sally living with family of, 157–160
Sally’s body identification by, 174–175
at Sally’s funeral, 185
on Sally’s psychological state, 161
Sally’s rescue and, 126–127
Sally’s reunion with, 140–141
Panaro, Brian, 237, 254
Panaro, Diana
birth of, 37
childhood, 68, 71, 132, 235
learning of Sally’s captivity, 236–237
reflections on Sally, 253–255
Sally living with family of, 158–160
at Sally’s funeral, 185
Sally’s reunion with, 140–141
Panaro, Susan (sister), 160
birth of daughter, 37
childhood of, 35–36
father of, 34
on La Salle, 131–132
life after Sally’s death, 236–237
marriage of, 37
pregnancy of, 18, 24
Sally living with family of, 158–160
during Sally’s disappearance, 68, 71–72
on Sally’s father, 36
at Sally’s funeral, 185
Sally’s rescue and, 126, 131–132, 254
Sally’s reunion with, 140–141
Paris Review
on Lolita’s real-life connections, 255
on near-destruction of Lolita manuscript, 207
Parker, Dorothy, 208–209
pedophilia
case study of, 29–30
La Salle and, 58
Nabokov’s fictional accounts of, 45–50. See also Lolita (Nabokov); real-life connections to Lolita
pedophile archetype, 7, 31–32, 52–55
Pera, Pia, 249–250
Pfeffer family, 21–24, 39–40, 138
Pfeil, Charles, 112–113, 193
Pfeil, Nelrose, 112–113, 192–194
Pfeil, Tom, 112–113, 192–194
Philadelphia Inquirer
on Sally’s disappearance, 25, 39. 217
on Sally’s encounter with Pfeffer family, 22
on Sally’s mother, 68
Pilarchik, John, 96
plagiarism possibility, 220
Pianette, Florence (Sally’s alias), 112, 118
Poe, Edgar Allan, 54, 203
Porter, Cole, 244
Prescott, Orville, 215
prisoners, reaction to Lolita, 7
Pulaski Highway, 88
Quinn (monsignor), 90
Ransom, John Crowe, 103
Reading Lolita in Tehran (Nafisi), 257
real-life connections to Lolita
car accidents, 108, 200–203, 220
direct reference to Sally, 1
G. Edward Grammar case, 200–203
Lanz and Lolita, 54–55
La Salle and, 152–155, 178–180, 219–221, 246
La Salle’s sentence and, 155
media attempts to reveal, 3–5, 217–221, 222–227, 255
media coverage and, 152–154, 168, 177–180, 200–203
Nabokov on, 8, 10–11, 46, 222–225, 255–256
Nabokov’s notes, 104, 167, 177–180, 179, 200–201, 225
Sally’s captivity, direct reference to, 1
Sally’s captivity time frame, 153–155
Sally’s confession to school chum, 122, 123, 133, 155
Sally’s death and, 23
Sally’s mother and, 108–109, 219–220, 246
Sally’s phone call for help, 132–134, 155
of Sally’s physical description, 30–31, 181
setting of, 29, 105–106
Ridgewell, Rosemary, 212, 241–242, 243
Rifkin, John, 174
road trips. See cross-country trips
Robinson, Frank (La Salle alias), 25
Robles abduction case, 84–85
Rock, Joe, 78
Roper, Robert, 46, 152, 207
Rust, Ann, 79
Saint Ann’s Catholic School, 89–91
Salt Lake City writing conference, 102–103
San Jose (CA), 121–123, 125–127
Scheffler, Curt, 60
Schiff Stacy, 10, 206–207, 226
Schiff Stephen, 250
Schopp, Paul, 100
Schultz, Joseph, 24–25
Sears, Thomas, 186
Sellers, Peter, 247
Shapiro, Edward, 61, 70–71
Sheehan, Bartholomew, 63, 80
Shewchuk, Peter, 77–79
shop-lifting incident, 15–17
Sirin, V. (Nabokov’s pseudonym), 47
Slonim, Véra, 47. See also Nabokov, Véra
Smart abduction case, 85–86
Smillie, Maude, 114
Smith, Orris, 96
Speak, Memory (Nabokov), 256. See also Conclusive Evidence (Nabokov)
Stan, Colleen, 86
Starts, Carol. See Taylor, Carol
Stegner, Wallace, 103
Stern, Bert, 247
Studies in the Psychology of Sex (Ellis), 29–30, 249, 255
Swain, Dominique, 250
Swain, William Ralph, 34–35
Taylor, Carol, 169
on Baker, 187
on Lolita’s connection to Sally, 237–238
Sally’s death and, 175–176, 185–186
Sally’s friendship with, 162–163, 169–170, 171
Tenenbaum (judge), 187
Thompson, Marshall
background, 40–41
La Salle’s extradition and, 139, 143–144
life after Sally’s death, 238–239
personal characteristics of, 41–42