10 Of The Worst Plagiarists In History
Plagiarism is one of the most despicable things a writer of any kind can do, and yet it happens all too frequently. Students flunk if they’re caught in the act, but authors caught red-handed often escape so long as they know how to handle the situation.
10Isabella Beeton
Miss Beeton’s Book of Household Management was one of the most influential and best-selling books of the 19th century, even though it was just a cookbook. The massive bit of writing goes on for more than 900 pages, with all but a few dozen of them recipes. At the end, Beeton cites merely “a great doctor” and solicitor for sources on medical and legal matters.