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Dahl, Mona: [Lolita] A student in Paris.
Dante: [Lolita] Born in 1265, Dante met Beatrice in 1274 when she was eight. Figure it out.
Darkbloom, Vivian: [Lolita] An anagram for Vladimir Nabokov. The author of My Cue, a biography. Collaborator with Clare Quilty in The Lady Who Loved Lightning. Also co-authors the play 'Children-colors' with Clare Quilty.
de R., Mme: [Lolita] The woman who accompanies Humbert's father to Italy in the summer of1923.
de Ronsard, Pierre: [Lolita] (1524-1585) A prominent French Renaissance poet quoted in Humbert's journal; the quote is in praise of female genitalia: "oh little red slit."
Death Valley: [Lolita] The lowest point in the western hemisphere (9282 feet below sea level) and one of the hottest places on Earth. A desert basin in southeastern California and parts of Nevada, Death Valley bears its name from the gold prospectors who perished there in the years following the 1849 gold rush. The Death Valley National Monument, with an area of nearly 3,000 square miles, was established in 1933.
Deux Magots: [Lolita] (Two Monkeys) The famous Paris cafe on the Left Bank.
Dietrich, Marlene: [Lolita] A German actress who was popular in the 1930's and whom Humbert believes Mrs. Haze resembles.
"Do the Senses make Sense?": [Lolita] An article by John Ray, Jr. on morbid states and perversions. It has won the Poling Prize.
Duk Duk Ranch: [Lolita] The sex farm a day's drive from Elphinstone at which Clare Quilty sets up camp for the summer. The ranch belongs to the brother of the red-headed man with whom Lo plays tennis on page 234. It burned mysteriously to the ground sometime after Lo and Fay left the ranch in disgust.