# Esther Summerson — Aspects of the Novel character guide

> Esther Summerson in Aspects of the Novel by E. M. Forster.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Esther

**First appearance:** 0005-iii-people

## Who they are

Narrator and heroine of Dickens's Bleak House, used to discuss point of view.

## In the story

### [IV: People (Continued)](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/aspects_of_the_novel_se/chapters/iv-people-continued)

Referenced in the discussion of shifting point of view in 'Bleak House', where Dickens temporarily adopts her first-person narrative.

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