ABSTRACT
Educational questions and issues are often embedded in novels and other literary sources, but an open-minded approach is required if they are to be found and productively engaged. Vladimir Nabokov seems to escape education by claiming that the book neither teaches the reader anything nor has a moral in tow. The Russian-American writer strongly indicates that reading a work of this kind should result in a type of aestheticism, but this is only meant ironically. The theme of seduction challenges educational-psychological theories, for instance, the theory of inner motivation. The educational idea is that the child works best if he or she is driven by inner will, driven by something that is already there. Educationists should therefore not be afraid to include seduction in their teaching; however, it must be used delicately and wisely. Seduction need not be conceived as pure manipulation. Nabokov's seduction, too, goes beyond pure manipulation.
