Yes, what the American public wants is a tragedy with a happy ending.


French Ways and Their Meaning (1919), p. 65. Edith Wharton. "Yes---what the American public always wants is a tragedy with a happy ending." A Backward Glance (1934), p. 147. Edith Wharton.

William Dean Howells Quotes

Yes, what the American public wants is a tragedy with a happy ending.

Yes, what the American public wants is a tragedy with a happy ending.

Yes, what the American public wants is a tragedy with a happy ending.

Yes, what the American public wants is a tragedy with a happy ending.