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.
Observed surface forms (1)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Ramsdale, New Hampshire | 0 |
Statements (31)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional town
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literary setting ⓘ |
| appearsInWork | Lolita NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedCharacter |
Charlotte Haze
NERFINISHED
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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
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postmodern literature ⓘ |
| hasThemeContext |
obsession
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sexual exploitation ⓘ suburban respectability ⓘ unreliable narration ⓘ |
| languageOfWork | English ⓘ |
| locatedInFictional |
New England
NERFINISHED
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New Hampshire NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| medium | novel ⓘ |
| narrativeFunction |
location of Humbert Humbert’s initial involvement with Dolores Haze
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setting of the Haze family home ⓘ |
| partOfFictionalUniverse | Lolita universe NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| regionContextInFiction | American suburbia ⓘ |
| roleInNarrative |
primary early setting
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suburban setting ⓘ |
| settingType |
middle-class suburb
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small town ⓘ |
| timePeriodInFiction | mid-20th century ⓘ |
| workAuthor | Vladimir Nabokov NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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