Multiline String reading in javascript from JSON document

Question

I have a JSON document where some of the data is multi line string

I have tried the following options and none of them seem to work

e.g.

[
  {
    "someString" : "A rather long string of English text, an error message \
               actually that just keeps going and going -- an error \
               message to make the Energizer bunny blush (right through \
               those Schwarzenegger shades)! Where was I? Oh yes, \
               you've got an error and all the extraneous whitespace is \
               just gravy.  Have a nice day."
  }
]

or

[
  {
    "someString" : `A rather long string of English text, an error message` +
               `actually that just keeps going and going -- an error` +
               `message to make the Energizer bunny blush (right through` +
               `those Schwarzenegger shades)! Where was I? Oh yes,` +
               `you've got an error and all the extraneous whitespace is` +
               `just gravy.  Have a nice day.`
  }
]

or

[
  {
    "someString" : 'A rather long string of English text, an error message' +
               'actually that just keeps going and going -- an error' +
               'message to make the Energizer bunny blush (right through' +
               'those Schwarzenegger shades)! Where was I? Oh yes,' +
               'you've got an error and all the extraneous whitespace is' +
               'just gravy.  Have a nice day.'
  }
]

or this combination with \n as suggested in the comments, but this didn't work either.

[
  {
"shortStory": "A rather long string of English text, an error message\n
           actually that just keeps going and going -- an error \n
           message to make the Energizer bunny blush (right through\n
           those Schwarzenegger shades)! Where was I? Oh yes,\n
           you've got an error and all the extraneous whitespace is\n
           just gravy.  Have a nice day."
  }
]

And various other combinations. As long as I have new line the code doesn't work.

Here is the code (Angular 2/Javascript) which reads the JSON file

   import {
        Injectable
    } from '@angular/core';
    import {
        Http,
        Headers,
        RequestOptions,
        Response
    } from '@angular/http';
    import {
        Observable,
        Subject
    } from 'rxjs/Rx';
    import 'rxjs/Rx'; //get everything from Rx
    import 'rxjs/add/operator/toPromise';
    import {
        IArticle
    } from './article';

    @Injectable()
    export class ArticleService {
        private jsonFileURL: string = "./assets/data/article-data.json";
        constructor(private http: Http) {}
        //
        getArticles(): Observable < IArticle[] > {
            return this.http.get(this.jsonFileURL).map((response: Response) => {
                return <IArticle[] > response.json()
            }).catch(this.handleError);
        }
        //
        private handleError(errorResponse: Response) {
            //console.log(errorResponse.statusText);
            return Observable.throw(errorResponse.json().error || "Server error");
        }
    }

Answer 1

I replaced the newline literals by \n as suggested @Patrick, hopefully there is a better way to read JSON data with newlines.

[{"shortStory": "The free bird leaps\n on the back of the wind\nand floats downstream\ntill the current ends\nand dips his wings\nin the orange sun rays\nand dares to claim the sky.\n\nBut a bird that stalks\ndown his narrow cage\ncan seldom see through\nhis bars of rage\nhis wings are clipped and\nhis feet are tied\nso he opens his throat to sing.\n\nThe caged bird sings\nwith fearful trill\nof the things unknown\nbut longed for still\nand his tune is heard\non the distant hill\nfor the caged bird\nsings of freedom\n\n The free bird thinks of another breeze\n and the trade winds soft through the sighing trees\n and the fat worms waiting on a dawn-bright lawn\n\n and he names the sky his own.\n\n But a caged bird stands on the grave of dreams\n his shadow shouts on a nightmare scream\n his wings are clipped and his feet are tied\nso he opens his throat to sing\n\nThe caged bird sings\n with a fearful trill\n of things unknown\n but longed for still\n and his tune is heard\n on the distant hill\n for the caged bird \n sings of freedom"}]