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message 1: by Colton (new)

Colton Iredale | 2 comments I have recently been reading Albert Camus and recalled an incorrect quote of his here. It is also the first Google search result that comes up when you search for Camus' invincible summer quote. There are multiple incorrect ones:
https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/508603
https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/1230206
And this is the correct one:
https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/766873

The original line is taken from his essay Return to Tipasa and is done quite the disservice when stripped of context and misconstrued.

Upon further investigation it seems there are other misattributed Camus quotes, including:
A Jewish children's song, no record of any relation to Camus, and famously misquoted to him:
https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/54
Another quote with no relation to Camus, first appearing in "The Paradox
of Choice":
https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/63960
I believe this is the only way to report these quotes so here they are.


message 2: by Carol She's So Novel꧁꧂ (last edited Nov 08, 2023 01:04AM) (new)

Carol She's So Novel꧁꧂  | 2278 comments Colton wrote: "I have recently been reading Albert Camus and recalled an incorrect quote of his here. It is also the first Google search result that comes up when you search for Camus' invincible summer quote. Th..."

Hi Colton

Could you edit your title to add something like "Needs a Superlibrarian"? (only possible in the desktop view)Most of those quotes have over 500 likes, so a regular Librarian can't help you.


message 3: by Colton (new)

Colton Iredale | 2 comments Carol She's So Novel꧁꧂ wrote: "Colton wrote: "I have recently been reading Albert Camus and recalled an incorrect quote of his here. It is also the first Google search result that comes up when you search for Camus' invincible s..."

Oh ok thank you!


Carol She's So Novel꧁꧂  | 2278 comments That's ok. As soon as I saw that the author was a 'Classics' author I was expecting it to be something I couldn't help with. :)


Carol She's So Novel꧁꧂  | 2278 comments Giving this a bump!


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