diff -r c02f464dd721 Lib/pprint.py
--- a/Lib/pprint.py	Thu Sep 26 09:35:39 2013 -0700
+++ b/Lib/pprint.py	Fri Sep 27 18:01:41 2013 +0300
@@ -241,6 +241,8 @@
                 return
 
             if issubclass(typ, str) and len(object) > 0 and r is str.__repr__:
+                if not allowance:
+                    max_width -= 1
                 def _str_parts(s):
                     """
                     Return a list of string literals comprising the repr()
@@ -268,6 +270,8 @@
                                 yield repr(current)
                 for i, rep in enumerate(_str_parts(object)):
                     if i > 0:
+                        if level == 1:
+                            write('\\')
                         write('\n' + ' '*indent)
                     write(rep)
                 return
diff -r c02f464dd721 Lib/test/test_pprint.py
--- a/Lib/test/test_pprint.py	Thu Sep 26 09:35:39 2013 -0700
+++ b/Lib/test/test_pprint.py	Fri Sep 27 18:01:41 2013 +0300
@@ -481,8 +481,8 @@
         # pprint tries to wrap strings intelligently
         fox = 'the quick brown fox jumped over a lazy dog'
         self.assertEqual(pprint.pformat(fox, width=20), """\
-'the quick brown '
-'fox jumped over '
+'the quick brown '\\
+'fox jumped over '\\
 'a lazy dog'""")
         self.assertEqual(pprint.pformat({'a': 1, 'b': fox, 'c': 2},
                                         width=26), """\
@@ -498,10 +498,10 @@
         # - an apostrophe doesn't disrupt the pprint
         special = "Portons dix bons \"whiskys\"\nà l'avocat goujat\t qui fumait au zoo"
         self.assertEqual(pprint.pformat(special, width=20), """\
-'Portons dix bons '
-'"whiskys"\\n'
-"à l'avocat "
-'goujat\\t qui '
+'Portons dix '\\
+'bons "whiskys"\\n'\\
+"à l'avocat "\\
+'goujat\\t qui '\\
 'fumait au zoo'""")
         # An unwrappable string is formatted as its repr
         unwrappable = "x" * 100
@@ -511,7 +511,9 @@
         special *= 10
         for width in range(3, 40):
             formatted = pprint.pformat(special, width=width)
-            self.assertEqual(eval("(" + formatted + ")"), special)
+            self.assertEqual(eval(formatted), special)
+            formatted = pprint.pformat([special] * 2, width=width)
+            self.assertEqual(eval(formatted), [special] * 2)
 
 
 class DottedPrettyPrinter(pprint.PrettyPrinter):