Truth is stranger than fiction
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| + | *''[[Truth Stranger than Fiction]]'' by [[Josiah Henson]] (1789-1883) | ||
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| *[[The mind of man can imagine nothing which has not really existed]] --Edgar Allan Poe, 1840 | *[[The mind of man can imagine nothing which has not really existed]] --Edgar Allan Poe, 1840 | ||
| - | *In 1858, [[Josiah Henson]] (1789-1883), a Maryland-born slave, wrote an autobiography titled ''[[Truth Stranger than Fiction]]''. Henson was supposedly the real-life Uncle Tom in ''Uncle Tom's Cabin'' by [[Harriet Beecher Stowe]]. | ||
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The saying "truth is stranger than fiction" originates from cantos 14 of Don Juan: "'Tis strange — but true; for truth is always strange; Stranger than fiction".
Mark Twain appropriated it from Lord Byron when he said "Truth is stranger than fiction, but it is because Fiction is obliged to stick to possibilities; Truth isn't." (Following the Equator (1897), ch. 15)
Namesakes
- Stranger Than Fiction
- Truth Stranger than Fiction by Josiah Henson (1789-1883)
See also
- Truth and fiction
- Imaginary gardens with real toads in them. --Marianne Moore
- The mind of man can imagine nothing which has not really existed --Edgar Allan Poe, 1840
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