A few months ago, I posted that the story of Dickens and Dostoevsky's meeting had been revealed to be a hoax. Now the Guardian has an interview with the man who perpetrated the hoax, A. D. Harvey.
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Fascinating article. It's unfortunate that someone who ought to be trustworthy would make something up like this, however seemingly trivial. Other writers, like the biographers mentioned, trusted him for his PhD. Just goes to show that even scholars, freelance or otherwise, aren't infallible sources.
Posted by: Marian | July 14, 2013 at 04:02 PM