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A First Person Third Person Narrator

One of the most distinct stylistic elements of Middlemarch is its narrator, an omniscient being that slips into first-person narration on occasion.  It is the instinct of any reader to assume that a third-person omniscient narrator is reliable, although in Middlemarch this is … Continue reading

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Narrators in the Third Person

One of the most challenging aspects of reading The Moonstone is determining the reliability of the different narrators.  During Betteredge’s narrative, we are treated to only his first person views; the same is true with the other narratives.  Yet as … Continue reading

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