That narrator does consummate his adult desire for the daughter of Charlotte Haze, over whose control he kills Claire Quilty.
One novel by this author includes a titular poem that begins, "I was the shadow of the waxwing slain/By the false azure of the windowpane." That 999-line poem is framed by commentaries by a man who claims to be the exiled king of Zembla. Another novel by this man sees the narrator describe his failure to consummate his youthful sexual desire for the 12-year-old Annabel Leigh, who later dies of typhus. That narrator does consummate his adult desire for the daughter of Charlotte Haze, over whose control he kills Claire Quilty. Pale Fire and a novel featuring Humbert Humbert are, FTP, works by what Russian author of Lolita?
One novel by this author includes a titular poem that begins, "I was the shadow of the waxwing slain/
Vladimir Nabokov