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Meanings of frame tale 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
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Examples for "frame story"
Examples for "frame story"
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
1
An elliptical frame narrative throws us out towards another, untold, story.
The Guardian
1
Possibly the Powell sequences might have worked better as a framing device.
Reuters
2
That framing device initially baffled some of the show's cast, including Malek.
The Guardian
3
This is good, gray-area stuff that deserves a better framing device.
Reuters
4
It's the same shameless framing device that helped make Titanicsimultaneously nauseating and lachrymose.
The Irish Times
5
This framing device is forced, sentimental and, ultimately, becomes seeped in New Age baloney.
The Irish Times