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Quotation from Ethan Frome by Edith Wharton

“I had the story, bit by bit, from various people, and, as generally happens in such cases, each time it was a different story.”

Edith Wharton (spoken by Narrator)

Ethan Frome, Prologue

Portrait of Edith Wharton

The novel's opening sentence, which announces that the tale is a reconstruction.

Citation: "I had the story, bit by bit, from various people, and, as generally happens in such cases, each time it was a different story." — Edith Wharton, Ethan Frome, Prologue. (id ethan-frome-q1)

Portrait: Edith Newbold Jones Wharton (cropped), E. F. Cooper, Newport, Rhode Island, Public domain.

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