Gentlemen, even if one allows that he is an important writer, are we next to invite an elephant to be Professor of Zoology?

Some say the Great American Novel is 'Huckleberry Finn,' some say it's 'The Jungle,' some say it's 'The Great Gatsby.' But my vote goes to the tale with the ma…

All of Nabokov's books are about tyranny, even Lolita. Perhaps Lolita most of all.

Lolita is one of our finest American novels, a triumph of style and vision, an unforgettable work, Nabokov's best (though not most characteristic) work, a wedd…

If a man dies when you hang him, keep hanging him until he gets used to it.

An apprentice mortician? What, do you only bury live people?

In university they don't tell you that the greater part of the law is learning to tolerate fools.