CATCHER IN THE RYE: When his roommate asks him what he is reading, Holden Caulfield replies, “Goddam book.” He is actually reading the Bible, which God has yet to damnify.
THE ODYSSEY: The author credited to this epic poem is Homer, however Homer is blind and could not read nor write nor talk with his eyes.
ROMEO & JULIET: There’s a misspelling on page 75.
THE ADVENTURES OF HUCKLEBERRY FINN: When Huck and Jim are rafting down the Mississippi River, Huck’s hat switches from his left hand to his right. Also, Jim is briefly an Indian.
ULYSSESS: Leopold Bloom trips on page 124, and slowly rises to his feet, but is on the ground again on page 125.
OLIVER TWIST: The Sprite bottle Fagin drinks from on page 348 is empty, but is almost full again on page 349. Oliver’s hair changes color from Chapter 13 to Chapter 14.
ON THE ROAD: “That’s not writing, that’s typing,” Truman Capote famously quipped. He was in fact, both right and wrong. It was writing on a typewriter.
STRANGER IN A STRANGE LAND: Binding is loose between chapters 19 and 20.
THE SPY WHO CAME IN FROM THE COLD: It was actually a balmy 45 degrees the spy came in from. However, some believe, “the Cold” in the title is a metaphor; it doesn’t explain why the spy literally came in from the comfortably temperate.
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