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...and that's twenty-four years ago come next February," Harmon threw out between reminiscent pauses. I had the story, bit by bit, from various people,...in such cases, each time it was a different story. DIFFERENCES OF LANGUAGE AND CULTURE Before we turn to specific linguistic differences, we can note...

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...sets us up for a narrative that is told from multiple perspectives but nominally controlled by one: "I had the story, bit by bit, from various people,...in such cases, each time it was a different story." 37 Unlike the classic local color frame tale, in which an urban perspective bounces off that of rural...

...have been written like that, or with that effect. The first line of Edith Wharton's Ethan Frame reads: I had the story, bit by bit. from various people,...in such cases, each time it was a different story.' Ford could well have written that. Was it in the back of his mind when he sat down to write The Good...

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