Part 1: Chapter 12 Summary

This chapter is simply an impressionistic sketch of the class in meeting with photocopied versions of Lolita. The book is banned and the only place where it can be found is in secondhand bookshops. One copy is found and it is then photocopied for the other students.

Part 1: Chapter 12 Analysis

This sketch reinforces the surreptitious nature of the study class. One can envision fully robed students dutifully photocopying a decades-old Russian novel.