From Wikipedia: “Free indirect speech is a style of third-person narration which uses some of the characteristics of third-person along with the essence of first-person direct speech; it is also referred to as free indirect discourse, free indirect style, or, in French, discours indirect libre.” (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free_indirect_speech)
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From Wikipedia: “Free indirect speech is a style of third-person narration which uses some of the characteristics of third-person along with the essence of first-person direct speech; it is also referred to as free indirect discourse, free indirect style, or, in French, discours indirect libre.” (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free_indirect_speech)
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