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Definition of Setting
Setting is where and when a story or scene takes place. The where can be a real place like the city of New York, or it can be an imagined... read full definition
Setting is where and when a story or scene takes place. The where can be a real place like the city of New York, or... read full definition
Setting is where and when a story or scene takes place. The where can be a real place like the... read full definition
Part 1, Chapter 27
Explanation and Analysis:
Other than a few flashbacks that detail Humbert Humbert’s upbringing in France, Lolita is primarily set in the United States in the 1940s and 1950s. Notable locations include Ramsfield, the fictional New England town where Humbert Humbert meets Charlotte and Dolores “Lolita” Haze, and Beardsley, a fictional college-town somewhere on the East Coast of the United States. Most of the novel, however, takes place on the road as Humbert travels with Lolita across the country in order to conceal his sexual abuse of her from the authorities. America, as presented in the novel, is a nation defined by long highways, roadside tourist attractions, and anonymous motels.
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