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Cunningly, he presents his 'theory', according to which only certain girls between the age of nine and twelve can be regarded as 'nymphets', while the other are plain, normal children. ... Also, very significantly, one of the places in the novel which constitutes a great symbol is a certain hotel called 'The Enchanted Hunters'. The name translates at once, Humbert's goals: he himself is an enchanted hunter, as he is under the spell of his dream nymphet and as he hunts her ...