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Bedroom furniture for young girls with the brand name Lolita has been withdrawn by Woolworths following complaints from parents

BBC, Woolworths withdraws 'Lolita' bed

Easily the most startling fact in this farce was that nobody at Woolworths knew of Nabokov's great novel, 'one of the best known and most controversial examples of 20th century literature'; nobody had seen or heard of either of the two films (the James Mason/Peter Sellers pairing, directed by Kubrick being far better than the later Adrian Lyne version); and nobody at the company was even remotely aware of the enormous popular cultural impact of Lolita. According to BBC radio news this evening, Woolworths staff had to look up Lolita on Google to discover what the fuss was about, which might have given them a little shock.]]> http://www.cloudsoup.com/weblog/2008/02/02/lolita-and-woolworths-the-advantages-of-education/feed/