Quote#Happiness
What the American public wants is a tragedy with a happy ending
Quote byWilliam Dean Howells · 1837–1920
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: As quoted in French Ways and Their Meaning (1919) by Edith Wharton, p. 65.
English (original)
What the American public wants is a tragedy with a happy ending.
— William Dean Howells
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