Lolita :: The (Pi)thy Library :: Christopher Louvet

The (Pi)thy Library

What is this anyway?

Mathematically derived texts based on ten words chosen at random from a single text—currently from Lolita.

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Lolita

abridged, after Vladimir Nabokov

Cracking ineffectual Lolita?
Ineffectual urge, joking light Humbert urge
cracking; urge hysterical:
joking fooled joking cracking light cracking

hysterical Lolita, Humbert;
light, Humbert Lolita
cracking cracking hysterical, cracking:
light fooled, joking

urge jabbering? Light hysterical? Hysterical Lolita
ineffectual joking fooled?
Ineffectual Humbert joking
cracking joking. Joking cracking—fooled urge

ineffectual jabbering, urge. Hysterical.
Light! Jabbering! Joking fooled Lolita joking
Lolita: Lolita urge
joking light cracking jabbering!

Fooled! Hysterical ineffectual;
Humbert Lolita—jabbering
Humbert, light! Hysterical Humbert light: jabbering
hysterical joking? Joking hysterical Humbert light

hysterical—jabbering cracking. Lolita: hysterical light!
Urge? Cracking—Lolita light;
ineffectual ineffectual, fooled
jabbering Humbert fooled joking.

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