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Daily Dish

Minimalist Blogging

By The Daily Dish
August 8, 2006
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A reader writes:

Your post reminded me of this:

Perhaps the shortest telegram exchange involved author Oscar Wilde when he was in Paris. He sent this wire to his publisher in England to see how Wilde's new book was selling:

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The reply was equally succinct:

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Update: another source attributes this to Victor Hugo.