JK Rowling ‘loving Lolita’ feedback resurfaces as she addresses Epstein recordsdata

JK Rowling’s ‘love’ for the novel Lolita has been a speaking level for years, nonetheless, has resurfaced after the Harry Potter creator spoke out about allegations she invited Jeffrey Epstein to the Broadway premiere of The Cursed Little one.

Rowling was revealed to be featured within the Epstein recordsdata, with an invite to the present being despatched to the financier and notorious late paedophile.

Although Rowling was named on the invitation, nonetheless, this was merely a template despatched out to friends of the opening night time, and was proven by way of emails to have been organized by publicist Peggy Siegal and one of many present’s producers.

Although Rowling has come out and denied any contact with Epstein from her or anybody on her staff, this has not stopped social media sleuths from digging by each single assertion she’s ever made on comparable topics.

This has led to followers re-examining quotes from Rowling concerning the basic novel.

Lolita is arguably some of the controversial books ever written, launched in 1955 it’s targeted on the protagonists obsession with a 12 yr outdated, who he ultimately kidnaps and sexually abuses.

Regardless of the subject material, it has obtained crucial acclaim through the years, with debates raging for many years over whether or not it’s deliberately horrific to criticise what it presents.

Rowling as soon as defended the ebook in a 2000 BBC Radio 4 interview, stating that it makes her cry each time she finishes it.

She stated the ebook had a ‘plot that would have been probably the most nugatory pornography turns into, in [author Vladimir] Nabokov’s fingers, a terrific and tragic love story.’

In 2024, these quotes first resurfaced, with one viral publish suggesting she doesn’t perceive the ebook and questions why somebody studying it will discover the story ‘romantic’.

One other viral tweet means that Lolita is a ‘ethical take a look at’ and by discovering it romantic she had ‘failed it’.

This has resurfaced as soon as once more in gentle of her false connection within the Epstein recordsdata, with one individual tweeting yesterday: “Keep in mind when JK Rowling referred to as Lolita a tragic love story?”

One other fan used this argument in a tweet to argue towards folks suggesting she didn’t invite Epstein personally, saying: “JK Rowling described Lolita as a ‘nice and tragic love story’… cease defending vile human beings.”

Quite a few different tweets have pointed to the quotes to argue that it implicates her, nonetheless, the truth of this doesn’t fairly assist it.

Rowling’s opinion does go towards the views of the creator, with Nabokov having denied claims that it’s a strictly romantic story, however they don’t seem to be uniquely unusual.

Stanley Kubrick, who tailored the ebook right into a well-known and controversial movie, additionally referred to it as a ‘very unhappy and tender love story’.

While many might fairly rightfully disagree with Rowling over her declare that Lolita is a romantic story, the resurgence of the quotes within the context of the Epstein recordsdata does not point out any actual involvement.

Rowling herself quoted a tweet making enjoyable of her for ‘sending invites to epstein 10 years after he was convicted’, penning: “That is past foolish.

“Neither I, nor anyone on my staff, ever met, communicated with or invited Jeffrey Epstein to something.”