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Donald Rayfield describes how earlier reactions by Vladimir Nabokov and Edmund Wilson followed the work’s publication, and explains his translation after finding striking honesty and insight. The text frames the confessions as revealing a Russian provincial life and as illuminating Humbert Humbert’s possible connections to Lolita.","edited and translated  \nby Donald Rayfield  \n# TheConfessiOnS\n\nThe Confessions of VictorXwas unearthed,like an unex-ploded bomb,in 1980.  \nEdmund Wilson had called it a\"sex masterpiece\";VladimirNabokov had termed it \"anespecially lascivious report”shortly before he commencedwriting his famous Lolita.TheConfessions of Victor X,acompelling and authentic rev-elation ofaman's obsessionwith sex,is now available intranslation.This confession ofa Russian landowner's son,rich with social and culturaldetail from tumultuous pre-revolutionary Russia,  \ndescribes Victor X's early sex-ual education.A brilliant stu-dent,but preoccupied with  \nDATE DUE  \n\n|  |  |  |  |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| SFEDL班号   |  | -9   | 00   |\n|  | 85   | June   | ,2002   |\n| SFPL N   | N2886   | 5.0318   | 8-02   |\n| S   |  |  |  |\n| 5F   |  |  |  |\n|  |  |  |  |\n| SFPL   | 89  \u003Cbr>FEB7   |  |  |\n|  |  |  |  |\n| 1.A1   | 年8   |  |  |\n| SFPL   | AUG-1 '89   |  |  |\n| JAN -   | 31994   |  |  |\n|  |  |  |  |\n| .1   |  |  |  |\n| AY   | 51   |  |  |\n| 21   | 994   |  |  |\n|  |  |  |  |\n|  |  |  |  |\n|  | 201-6503   |  | Printed  \u003Cbr>in USA   |\n\n# THE CONFESSIONS OFVICTOR X\n\n# PREFACE\n\nThe Confessions of Victor X were unearthed,like anunexploded bomb,in1980 when Nabokov's and EdmundWilson's excited reactions to them were published.  \nThey were originally written in French and sent toHavelock Ellis in 1912.Far too explicit,they could not bepublished in English then,and few readers,if any,cameacross them when they were printed in the French editionof Havelock Ellis's monumental studies in sexuality.  \nReading them in the British Library,I was so struck by thegraphic honesty andextraordinary insights that I translatedthem on the spot.A further year's research convinced methat they were genuine and I traced the real authorship.Tohonour Havelock Ellis's promise of anonymity,I shall goon calling the writer Victor X.  \nThe confessions as an erotic document need little furthercomment;but they also give a glimmer of light into realRussian provincial life a century ago and they tell us a lotabout Vladimir Nabokov's Lolita and her seducer,Humbert Humbert,who is perhaps Victor X's onlyposterity.  \nThe reader,when he recovers from the confessions,canmull over these insights in my postface.  \nDONALD RAYFIELD.  \n# THE CONFESSIONSOF VICTOR X\n\nEdited byDonald Rayfield  \nGrove Press,Inc./New York  \nsex  \nCopyright C1985 by the Havelock Ellis Estate  \nAll rights reserved.  \nNo part of this book may be reproduced,stored in a retrieval system,or transmitted in any form,by any means,including mechanical,elec-tronic,photocopying,recording or otherwise,without prior writtenpermission of the publisher.  \nFirst published in 1984 byCALIBAN BOOKSLondon and Dover,New Hampshire  \nFirst Grove Press Edition 1985First Printing 1985ISBN:0-394-54630-XLibrary of Congress Catalog Card Number:84-73544  \nFirst Evergreen Edition 1985First Printing 1985ISBN:0-394-62055-0Library of Congress Catalog Card Number:84-73544  \nLibrary of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data  \nX,Victor.  \nThe confessions of Victor X.  \n\"Translation from the French edition of Havelock Ellis'Studies inthe psychology of sex”—P.  \n1.Sex customs—Soviet-Union—History.2.X,Victor.3.Child  \nmolesters—Italy—Biography.4.Soviet Union—Social conditions一  \n1801-1917.I.Rayfield,Donald,1942-  \n.II.Title.  \nHQ18.S65X21985  \n84-73544  \n306'.092’4  \nISBN 0-394-54630-X  \nISBN 0-394-62055-0(pbk.)  \n392.6,X105c  \nX,Victor.  \nPrinted in the United States  \nThe confessions ofVictor X.  \nGROVE PRESS,INC.,19E10014  \n13542  \n# ACKNOWLEDGMENTS\n\nThe following text is a translation from the French edition ofHavelock Ellis'Studies in the Psychology of Sex.  \nI am greatly indebted to Professor Francois Lafitte(HavelockEllis’literary executor)for his kind assistance and to thearchivist of Turin's municipal library for his help.  \nDonald Rayfield","cbCaiu0RPCpjliYV","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaiu0RPCpjliYV","pdf",4498720,5,1,168,"English","en",105,"# Preface\n## Publication history and discovery\n## Translation and authorship\n## Relation to Lolita and Humbert Humbert\n## Acknowledgments","[{\"question\":\"When were The Confessions of Victor X unearthed and first reactions published?\",\"answer\":\"They were unearthed in 1980, around the time Nabokov’s and Edmund Wilson’s reactions to the work were published.\"},{\"question\":\"Who did the manuscript originate from, and why wasn’t it published earlier in English?\",\"answer\":\"It was originally written in French and sent to Havelock Ellis in 1912, but its explicitness prevented publication in English at that time.\"},{\"question\":\"Why does Donald Rayfield keep calling the writer Victor X?\",\"answer\":\"To honor Havelock Ellis’s promise of anonymity, Rayfield continues to use the name Victor X.\"}]","The Confessions of Victor X - 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