Humbert

And the ghastly Humbert is touchingly concerned to protect Lolita from the reality of his passion for her.

Father Ralph and Humbert Humbert « Tales from the Reading Room 2010

Is it that Dante was a poet, and Humbert is a middle-aged dilettante?

Not A Review of Lolita « Tales from the Reading Room 2010

“Humbert Humbert is so busy dealing with himself, so locked inside his unruly emotions, that he can never have respite from them.”

Reading Lolita « Tales from the Reading Room 2009

I really loved Lolita, I have to say – Nabokov makes it so easy to believe what Humbert is saying, as evident by the group of people who think Lolita really was a temptress.

Reading Lolita « Tales from the Reading Room 2009

Humbert Humbert is so awful, the only way the narrator can redeem him is by making those around him even worse.

Not A Review of Lolita « Tales from the Reading Room 2010

Humbert Humbert is so busy dealing with himself, so locked inside his unruly emotions, that he can never have respite from them.

Reading Lolita « Tales from the Reading Room 2009

I tend to agree with him: Humbert is so European and so world-weary, Lolita so American and so youthful, the landscape and the culture of both continents is so intrinsic to their relationship.

Not A Review of Lolita « Tales from the Reading Room 2010

The narrator, Humbert Humbert, is middle-aged and troubled.

The Booklovers: Chapter One « Gin&Comment 2008

Humbert is a deeply flawed character, and sometimes he seems aware of it, realising that what he is doing is wrong.

The Booklovers: Chapter One « Gin&Comment 2008

What about the fatherly visit to the schoolroom, for example, where Humbert is allowed the privilege of sitting near his (wife's) daughter in class:

Hurricane Lolita 2005