Lolita was set in America, Humbert Humbert our anti-hero was indeed little Dolly's mother's lodger, but he married the mother and became Lolita's stepfather. The mother found out, but was killed in a freak accident before she could warn anyone of Humbert's intentions regarding her daughter. He takes Lolita across America on a two-part road trip, followed by a playwright called Clare Quilty, with whom Lolita runs away. Humbert eventually discovers where Lolita has gone, and kills Quilty; Humbert dies in jail awaiting trial for Quilty's murder, Lolita dies in childbirth on Christmas Day.