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Meanings of frame story in English

Russian
обрамление
Portuguese
narrativa moldura
Catalan
història marc
Spanish
narracion enmarcada

Story in a nested narration that brackets one or more embedded stories.

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        обрамление
        Usage of frame story in English
        1
        The frame story is pretty much correct.
        The girl who kicked the hornet's nest
        2
        The frame story with the men in Silence's inn was nearly cut two or three times-evenGardner was skeptical about it when he started reading.
        Arcanum Unbounded
        3
        How we frame stories matters and readers know it; they're usually far smarter than most reporters give them credit for.
        The Guardian