The narrative voice describes how the story is conveyed (for example, by "viewing" a character's thought processes, by reading a letter written for someone, by a retelling of a character's experiences, etc.).
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Famous quotes containing the words narrative and/or voice:
“To have frequent recourse to narrative betrays great want of imagination.”
—Philip Dormer Stanhope, 4th Earl Chesterfield (1694–1773)
“It is not the voice that commands the story: it is the ear.”
—Italo Calvino (1923–1985)