Literary Urban Legends (Thread-title credited to Velvet)

[StoneMtn]

I was just told a brilliant anecdote (which may or may not be true).

Lewis Carroll and a friend were walking along one day, and a beggar said to Carroll, "Can you spare a shilling?"

Carroll said, "Sure" and handed him one.

As Carroll and his friend walked off, his friend said, "You know, he's just going to spend that on alcohol."

Carroll's reply, "What's the difference? If I kept it I was just going to spend it on alcohol myself."

Edited September 7, 2007 by Guest
Velvet had a better idea for this thread than I did.

[captainsunshine]

[Velvet]

Literary urban legends.

[Davey Boy 2.0]

F. Scott Fitzgerald: "The rich are not like you and me"

Hemingway stole the response: "Yes, they have more money" and claimed the line as his own, when in fact it was spoken by a woman they hung out with at the time, Mary something, owned a 2nd hand bookshop. Can't think of her last name now.

Poor anecdote I know. I'll track the specifics down later if I think of it.

[backbacon]

I'll track the specifics down later if I think of it.

Ahh, don't worry about it, man.

[LJFH]

Mary was his wife....

are you sure you're not talking about Gertrude Stein?