Annabel Leigh

Annabel Leigh is the first love of Humbert Humbert, the unwitting catalyst of his pedophilia.

Biography
Annabel was born to the English Mr. Leigh & the Dutch Mrs. Vanessa Leigh nee van Ness in Corfu. She met Humbert Humbert when she was 12 & he was 13, during a vacation in Italy; their parents both knew each other, & Annabel was staying in a villa that was close to Hotel Mirana, where Humbert was staying. After a few brief talks on the beach, the two developed crushes on each other, but never consummated their relationship. At the end of summer, she returned to Corfu, where she would die of typhus.

Appearance
Annabel is described as being of mixed parentage: half-English & half-Dutch. She is generally described as having "brown bobbed hair", "honey-colored skin", "long lashes", "thin arms", & "big bright mouth". She also had "slender brown fingers" & "opalescent knees" along with "thin bare shoulders". She bears an uncanny resemblance to Dolores Haze, & is always described as "lovely."

Personality
Annabel is described as a "lovely child", with a big heart & an intelligent mind. She felt "intense pain" when animals were harmed, & she wanted to be "a nurse in some famished Asiatic country". She was also a daring rulebreaker, who tried to escape her parents' supervision twice in order to meet up with Humbert, but only succeeds once. She is intelligent, & is interested in "the plurality of inhabited words", "infinity", & "solipsism".

Trivia

 * Annabel Leigh was played by Emma Griffiths-Malin in the 1997 adaption of Lolita.