"Before the reader makes his judgment about either Humbert or our own blind censor, I must remind him that at some point Humbert addresses his audience as 'Reader! Bruder!' -- a reminder of a well-known line by Baudelaire, the preface to his book of poems Les Fleurs du Mal: -- 'Hipocrite lecteur, -- mon semblable, -- mon frere!'"
~ Nafisi, 44, Reading Lolita in Tehran
"Charles Baudelaire"| Poetry Foundation
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