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Mark Twain famously sent a one-character telegram to his agent: ? And the agent famously responded: ! The real question was "how's the new book doing?".
by cryptonector 7y ago
Mark Twain famously sent a one-character telegram to his agent: ?
And the agent famously responded: !
The real question was "how's the new book doing?".
- yesenadam 7y agoI always heard it was Victor Hugo and Les Miserables–indeed it's mentioned ("apocryphal tale") on Hugo's wikipedia page...with a link to this page saying it most probably never happened. Also I came across it as an Oscar Wilde story online just now. https://quoteinvestigator.com/2014/06/14/exclamation/ https://quoteinvestigator.com/2014/06/14/exclamation/
- cryptonector 7y agoFascinating. Three different apocryphal versions of the same story. EDIT: Searching, I only find the versions about Wilde and Hugo, so it may be just that I misremembered it.