Father Melancholy's Daughter | Techniques

Father Melancholy's Daughter Techniques

The story is narrated by Margaret Gower from a first-person point of view. The chronology is basically direct, but with so many flashbacks and memory asides that time sometimes seem to loop around. The effect is not confusing; rather it is like looking into a scrapbook while visiting with the narrator. The most unusual device is a long epilogue, made up of letters which Margaret writes after her father dies and she leaves Romulus.