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In a work of fiction, what does an omniscient narrator know?

omniscient

[om-nish-uhnt] / ษ’mหˆnษชสƒ ษ™nt /




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We would like to leave no moment uncaptured, would like to at least try to become pearly, hairless, omniscient idealized beings, even if this desire lurks somewhere beneath what we’d consciously admit.

From Slate โ— Sep. 14, 2026

“Nothing goes away,” the omniscient narrator observes of a ruined cottage that Tomás rebuilds.

From The Wall Street Journal โ— May 29, 2026

Yet economic policy-makers are neither omniscient nor omnipotent.

From MarketWatch โ— Mar. 11, 2026

It must have been hard to balance so many perspectives, plotlines and an omniscient narrator on top of it all.

From Los Angeles Times โ— Feb. 13, 2026

Seriously, I never claimed to be an omniscient narrator exactly, but I really did think I knew the basics of the story I’ve been telling.

From "The School for Whatnots" by Margaret Peterson Haddix




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