The novel is told by a third - person narrator , who selectively changes from the point of view of one character to another .
It is Jane Kincaid , a property maker for the Stratford Shakespeare Festival , whose perspective dominates throughout .
The novel is told by a third - person narrator , who selectively changes from the point of view of one character to another , but it is Jane Kincaid , a property maker for the Stratford Shakespeare Festival , whose perspective dominates throughout .