2 Questions Regarding Lolita.

Just finished the book and, wow, what a tragically wonderful story. I never thought I would be so invested in a character I have zero empathy for. But I have some questions, or rather some undeveloped thoughts, i would like to share:

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What's up with Lolita's race, or at least, everyone's depiction of it?? In the book i swear she's described as having chestnut brown hair and darker skin, like her mother. So why is it that every single drawn Lolita (in book covers, whether there's an outright pic/drawing of a girl or whether skin is simply implied,) she's pictured as a very pale girl with very blonde hair? What's the point of making this change?

Am I simply mistaken? Did I misunderstand that when H.H described her and her mother as "brown", he didn't mean that literally? If I truly confused myself and she never was supposed to be dark-skinned, please let me know because i think i'm going crazy. But if i'm not wrong and she really was a brown child, can someone put into words the true reason for never depicting her that way? What, does a white blondie seem more "fragile" or something? I would like to see your opinion.

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This question has definitely been touched a lot but: is Nabokov a perv?? Before reading the book I thought he mustn't be. Writers throw themselves into the shoes of disturbing people or make themselves witness disturbing things all the time – I thought that, out of curiosity or some other driving element, he put himself in the mind of this pedophile and made a good story out of it. Especially while reading the entire book I never doubted that Nabokov was anything but an author who created a character, because (1) H.H had an objectively weak if not undeveloped argument for liking children and (2) he kept referring to himself as a beast and whatever other adjectives there are to describe his vileness, and he admitted to ruining Lolita's childhood at some point. Okay, all fine and dandy. Then read Nabokov's afterword, and then I got to this part which, mind you, is speaking as himself:

On the other hand, my creature Humbert is a foreigner and an anarchist, and there are many things, besides nymphets, in which I disagree with him.

Woah??? Buddy, what???? "Besides nymphets"??? Does that mean you agree with H.H that you get seduced by "slutty" children????? Can someone decipher this? Because what i get from this statement is that he's, in some form, a pedophile, too. Did i misundersand this sentence, too? because if he truly said this then i don't think i can defend him anymore. what's your opinion on Nabokov and the fact he wrote this book?

this post isn't proof-read (sorry) but thanks for reading to the end, have a wonderful week <3