Aspects of the Novel · Character
Esther Summerson
Narrator and heroine of Dickens's Bleak House, used to discuss point of view.
minor
Also known as Esther
First appearance: iii people
Esther Summerson shows up with force in IV: People (Continued). The page is where that presence becomes real.
Referenced in the discussion of shifting point of view in 'Bleak House', where Dickens temporarily adopts her first-person narrative.
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Story tension across the book — this chapter sits in Exposition.
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- Breaking point
- Aftermath
- Closing
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