Off with their heads! Why are Lewis Carroll misquotes so common online? | Lewis Carroll
Books blogLewis Carroll This article is more than 3 years oldOff with their heads! Why are Lewis Carroll misquotes so common online?This article is more than 3 years oldFollowing a recent similar Royal Mint slip-up, the Westminster Collection’s new 50p coins have sent Carroll experts down an internet rabbit hole to source false quotes As Oscar Wilde famously never said, don’t trust Goodreads as a source for quotes. A month after the Royal Mint released a new £2 coin to celebrate HG Wells with an inaccurate quotation (and a tripod with four legs), Alice in Wonderland author Lewis Carroll is the latest to be immortalised in currency through words they never wrote.
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