The Dickens & Dostoevsky Hoax Exposed

[Extollager]

Interesting article from the Guardian.

The man behind the great Dickens and Dostoevsky hoax | Books | The Guardian

 

[Nightspore]

Interesting thanks. I'm a great fan of Dostoyevsky & it is known that Dickens was indeed an influence on him. Many see Dostoyevsky's The Dream of a Ridiculous Man as science fiction/fantasy.

 

[Extollager]

When I first saw the report of Dickens and Dostoevsky meeting, I thought it was a true account, & figured they might have conversed in French; or Dosty could have brought along an interpreter.

 

[Extollager]

Dickens speaking French:

The Life of Charles Dickens - John Forster - Google Books

It's likely that Dostoevsky spoke French -- and having read the late Joseph Frank's 5-volume biography, I should remember; but --

http://www.no.reddit.com/r/literature/comments/1dhdn6/question_regarding_the_gratuitous_french_in/

 

[sooC]

Were lumberjacks in Essex especially thick?

Quote." His mother was a Jew from Hungary who had fled from the Nazis; his father was a lumberjack – the Essex, rather than Canadian, variety. Perversely, as with everything with Harvey, he reckons his father was the clever one. "

 

[Nightspore]

Were lumberjacks in Essex especially thick?

I dunno, a few of them might have been wide boys though LOL.

I'll get my coat ....