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The framed tale is, in my opinion, one of the most natural ways to tell a story. If you think of it, the conceit of the frame-less story is actually the odd way of doing things. Without the frame, how do you know the context for a story?

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Patrick Rothfuss
Age: 51
Born: 1973
Born: June 6
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