Point of View

The author presents this narrative using a distant, omniscient third person narrator. The narrator makes the vast majority of claims as many of the characters spend time consumed in their internal thoughts rather than conversing their feelings with others. The narrator delves deeply into each character's thoughts and memories, providing, at times, moments of dramatic irony for readers.

However, it is important to note that one small section of the novel switches point of view from a distant, third person omniscient narrator to a close, first person account of the story directly from Edgar's point of view. This shift in point of view occurs precisely halfway down on page 508, the final page of Book Six and the moment when Edgar reunites with Lucy after being gone for nine long months. This shift is immediate and unannounced, with the first line in this shift being, "My...