To Amanda:

I found an interesting abstract for an article on Nabokov suggesting strong evidence that he, himself, was molested at a young age by his uncle. The abstract also mentions that, in later years, Nabokov may have become a pedophile who unleashed his thoughts onto the page. The writer of the abstract sites pedophilia as a behavioral defense to oedipal anxiety. (Unfortunately I cannot access the entire article, but follow the link below to read the very brief abstract.)

http://www.pep-web.org/document.php?id=paq.064.0203b

sorry it's not a hyperlink. i can't get the hyperlink to work.