Ramsdale, New Hampshire (fictional town)

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Ramsdale, New Hampshire is the fictional New England town where much of the early action in Vladimir Nabokov’s novel "Lolita" takes place, serving as the suburban setting for Humbert Humbert’s initial involvement with Dolores Haze.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf fictional town
literary setting
appearsInWork Lolita NERFINISHED
associatedCharacter Charlotte Haze NERFINISHED
Dolores Haze NERFINISHED
Humbert Humbert NERFINISHED
countryContextInFiction United States NERFINISHED
creator Vladimir Nabokov NERFINISHED
diegeticStatus fictional location
firstAppearsIn early chapters of Lolita
firstPublicationOfWork 1955
genreContext literary fiction
postmodern literature
hasThemeContext obsession
sexual exploitation
suburban respectability
unreliable narration
languageOfWork English
locatedInFictional New England NERFINISHED
New Hampshire NERFINISHED
medium novel
narrativeFunction location of Humbert Humbert’s initial involvement with Dolores Haze
setting of the Haze family home
partOfFictionalUniverse Lolita universe NERFINISHED
regionContextInFiction American suburbia
roleInNarrative primary early setting
suburban setting
settingType middle-class suburb
small town
timePeriodInFiction mid-20th century
workAuthor Vladimir Nabokov NERFINISHED

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Lolita residence Ramsdale, New Hampshire (fictional town)