Dr Franziska Kohlt, editor of the Lewis Carroll Review, says she’s always spotting Carroll misquotes. “Misattributed Alice quotes are absolutely everywhere.”Kohlt said that the “hurrier I go” and the “I am under no obligation!” quotes are “absolutely not Carroll quotes, as much as the internet insists”. It’s so easy to check.”Often, Alice misquotes can be sourced back to Disney adaptations, either the 1951 animated film or Tim Burton’s 2010 live-action version. “Pretty images and merchandise with quotes attributed to Lewis Carroll or the Alice in Wonderland books are popping up everywhere nowadays,” she writes. The Carroll coins are legal tender in the Isle of Man, but given their price – £31.25 for a set of five 50ps – they are not likely to be in general circulation.

Source: The Guardian March 01, 2021 11:15 UTC