What is the author's style in Bleak House by Charles Dickens?

The story is narrated from two points of views. One narrator is Esther Summerson who describes her experiences in first person as if in a diary. She engages analysis and reflection. The other point of view is conveyed in the present tense in the third person.

The point of view is the same as the audience, with performances similar to stage performances. Unrealistic, expressionist, and allegorical expressions resemble theatrical forms. The reader is part of the third person narrator looking as an outsider which allows for distancing from the action while remaining uninvolved. There is little explanatory information that is not more narrative. Rather than describing expression Dickens uses action.

Esther appears to be objective but her position as depicting events in the first person leads to the inability to maintain objectivity. She assumes the position of a reader. The first person narration cannot be reliable as it is based on personal experiences, individual opinions, and subjective views. The reader needs to put together the information that incorporates selection. Her narration is sometimes random, made of observances, and sometimes thorough.

Instead of placing a protagonist as central to the plot as classic formula suggests, Dickens uses various elements that make one journey. Through Esther's point of view, Dickens presents her journey to become stronger and learning about herself. The more Esther learns about her past the more she gains control over her life.

The final narrative that is the third person remains an objective spectator. The point of view of Mr. Guppy provides a perspective that incorporates some part of society as well as part of legal profession that engages in not entirely legal pursuits, as if standing on cross roads.