The Ponder Heart | Techniques
Narrative point of view is the most important technical aspect of the novel. Edna Earle is the teller, and an unidentified guest at the Beulah Hotel — Edna Earle is the proprietor — is the listener. Her listener learns a great deal about the Ponder family, such unforgettable facts as that Edna Earle's grandmother was the "second-to-longest living Sunday School teacher" ever to serve in her congregation, and that Edna Earle would rather sit down and read a good set of directions than any piece of fiction someone might try to "wish off" on her.
In this book, as in many of her...
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