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I 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 mos
by yesenadam 7y ago
I 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.