In Lolita, it is the name that Humbert Humbert gives his car, and the name was adopted by Oscar Wilde, a descendant of the novel's author, after he was released from prison. He makes a deal with Satan for long life, but can transfer the debt if he ca  n find someone else to take it up; however, no-one, from a lunatic to a victim of the Inquisition,
In Lolita, it is the name that Humbert Humbert gives his car, and the name was adopted by Oscar Wilde, a descendant of the novel's author, after he was released from prison. He makes a deal with Satan for long life, but can transfer the debt if he ca  n find someone else to take it up; however, no-one, from a lunatic to a victim of the Inquisition, will agree to do so. FTP, identify this doomed figure, the title wanderer of an 1820 Gothic novel by Charles Maturin.
In Lolita, it is the name that Humbert Humbert gives his car, and the name was adopted by Oscar Wilde, a descendant of the novel's author, after he was released from prison.
Melmoth the Wanderer