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    Ready Reference Treatise: Reading Lolita In Tehran
    Ready Reference Treatise: Reading Lolita In Tehran
    Ready Reference Treatise: Reading Lolita In Tehran
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    Ready Reference Treatise: Reading Lolita In Tehran

    By Raja Sharma

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    “Reading Lolita In Tehran” by Azar Nafisi was first published in 2003. It is a memoir written by this Iranian author and professor.

    The book remained on the New York Times Bestseller list for more than 100 weeks. The book has already been translated into thirty-six languages. Only after a short period of its publication, the book proved to be a universal phenomenon.

    The book describes the time period when the author happened to be a female professor of Western Literature at the University of Tehran.
    It chronicles the events that take place in the 1970s, 1980s, and then the author’s eventual departure from Iran.

    Ready Reference Treatise: Reading Lolita In Tehran
    Copyright
    Chapter One: Introduction
    Chapter Two: Plot Overview
    Chapter Three: Major Characters
    Chapter Four: Complete Summary
    Chapter Five: Critical Analysis

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherRaja Sharma
    Release dateAug 30, 2016
    ISBN9781370149926
    Ready Reference Treatise: Reading Lolita In Tehran
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    Raja Sharma

    Raja Sharma is a retired college lecturer.He has taught English Literature to University students for more than two decades.His students are scattered all over the world, and it is noticeable that he is in contact with more than ninety thousand of his students.

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