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What they didn't say
a book of misquotations
By Knowles, Elizabeth
- ISBN
- 978-0-19920-359-8
- Publisher
- Oxford ; Oxford University Press, 2006.
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School Library Journal
Reviewed on January 1, 2007
Adult/High School Alas, Shakespeare did not write "Alas, poor Yorick. I knew him well." The textually correct reading is: "Alas, poor Yorick. I knew him, Horatio." So why the change and why do we remember "well" instead of "Horatio?" Knowles provides an explanation for this misremembered quote and about 150 others in her enjoyable and informative collection of things not said or not quite said. The author also includes incorrect attributions and severa...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
