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What legal consequence did early publishers fear for Nabokov's 'Lolita' that ultimately never occurred after its release?
Answer
Obscenity charges
Publishers worried that the novel's controversial subject matter would trigger obscenity prosecutions, but no such charges materialized after its 1955 publication.
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Vladimir Nabokov's "Lolita" was rejected by four publishers before one finally accepted it, fearing obscenity charges that never materialized.
Other options people guess
- Treason charges
- Copyright infringement lawsuit
- Libel lawsuit from a real person
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- banned-books
- nabokov
- censorship
- legal-history
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