【正确答案】正确答案：Free indirect discourse is a manner of presenting the thoughts or utterance of a fictional character as if from that character"s point of view by combining grammatical and other features of the character"s "direct speech" with features of the narrator"s "indirect report". This form of statement allows a third-person narrative to exploit a first-person point of view, often with a subtle irony, as in the novels of Jane Austen.