Grushenka
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I don't know this author, and I deleted a few items I simply did not find very clever, but I love the one about the Karamazovs. I can't think of anything at the moment, anyone else want to add a behind-the-scenes secret (preferably sordid)? I found the link via Arts & Letters Daily (which I check almost daily.)
Hamlet Wore Ladies Underwear (and Other Literary Secrets Outed) by Ted Gioia
“J.K. Rowling Outs Hogwarts’ Headmaster: Tells Audience Albus Dumbledore is Gay” (recent news headline)
Of course, this news brought with it the even more shocking revelation that fictional characters lead lives outside the pages of their books. We can now wonder what King Lear ate for breakfast, or where Mr. and Mrs. Darcy went on their honeymoon. In fact, we anticipate that Ms. Rowling’s bold move will set off a whole string of literary surprises. We share some of them in imaginary headlines below.
“Ian Fleming Admits 007 Never Had License to Kill: ‘Gun Loaded Only With Blanks’”
“Strike Four: Mighty Casey Implicated in Mudville Steroid Scandal”
“Author Hints at Existence of Two More Mohicans"
“Now It Can Be Told: Lord of the Flies was Reality Show ‘Gone Badly Wrong’”
"Goethe Admits Young Werther’s Sorrows Could Have Been Treated With Prozac”
“Press Conference Bombshell: Two Karamazov Brothers Adopted: Ivan Not Even Russian”
“Dickens Now Claims Third City in his Tale”
“The Bard Breaks His Silence: Romeo Had a Second Wife”
“Defoe Declares: Robinson Crusoe Had GPS Locator, Communication Device”
“Orwellian Nightmare: Spouse Claims 'Big Brother Liked to Watch'”
"Gabriel Garcia Marquez Now Admits: Only Eighty-Seven Years of Solitude”
“The Sad Truth About Sherlock Holmes’ Faithful Companion: Watson Not a Real Doctor – Bought Degree from Diploma Mill”
"J.D. Salinger Breaks Silence: Holden Caulfield Grew Up to Become Hedge Fund Manager"
Hamlet Wore Ladies Underwear (and Other Literary Secrets Outed) by Ted Gioia
“J.K. Rowling Outs Hogwarts’ Headmaster: Tells Audience Albus Dumbledore is Gay” (recent news headline)
Of course, this news brought with it the even more shocking revelation that fictional characters lead lives outside the pages of their books. We can now wonder what King Lear ate for breakfast, or where Mr. and Mrs. Darcy went on their honeymoon. In fact, we anticipate that Ms. Rowling’s bold move will set off a whole string of literary surprises. We share some of them in imaginary headlines below.
“Ian Fleming Admits 007 Never Had License to Kill: ‘Gun Loaded Only With Blanks’”
“Strike Four: Mighty Casey Implicated in Mudville Steroid Scandal”
“Author Hints at Existence of Two More Mohicans"
“Now It Can Be Told: Lord of the Flies was Reality Show ‘Gone Badly Wrong’”
"Goethe Admits Young Werther’s Sorrows Could Have Been Treated With Prozac”
“Press Conference Bombshell: Two Karamazov Brothers Adopted: Ivan Not Even Russian”
“Dickens Now Claims Third City in his Tale”
“The Bard Breaks His Silence: Romeo Had a Second Wife”
“Defoe Declares: Robinson Crusoe Had GPS Locator, Communication Device”
“Orwellian Nightmare: Spouse Claims 'Big Brother Liked to Watch'”
"Gabriel Garcia Marquez Now Admits: Only Eighty-Seven Years of Solitude”
“The Sad Truth About Sherlock Holmes’ Faithful Companion: Watson Not a Real Doctor – Bought Degree from Diploma Mill”
"J.D. Salinger Breaks Silence: Holden Caulfield Grew Up to Become Hedge Fund Manager"
Finally had a chance to think up a couple. There's plenty to be done with the rest of Dickens' oeuvre.
