List of novels by point of view
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The following alphabetical lists of novels are categorized by the narrator's point of view.
The intent of this article is not to be comprehensive, but to compare at a glance various points of view by providing well known examples.
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[edit] First person
[edit] First person protagonist
Where the narrator is the protagonist of the novel
[edit] First person ancillary
Where the narrator observes action, but is an ancillary character
- Doyle, Sherlock Holmes
- Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby
- Kesey, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
- Lee, To Kill a Mockingbird
[edit] Multiple first person
Where multiple characters individually narrate from first-person POV
[edit] Second person
[edit] Present tense
[edit] Past tense
- Milne, Winnie-the-Pooh, ch. 1
[edit] Third person
[edit] Third person, limited
- Card, Ender's Game. The parallel novel Ender's Shadow is told from the same limited perspective following a different character.
[edit] Third person, omniscient or dramatic
[edit] Third person, objective
[edit] Multiple points of view
[edit] Alternate point of view
[edit] See also
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