What is the author's style in All Loves Excelling by Josiah Bunting?

The story is written in third person from an omniscient perspective. This perspective is appropriate for the story line and point of view. The use of the omniscient perspective is vital because the two main characters - Tess and Amanda - are together only occasionally. Had the author presented from the perspective of Tess, the reader would not have known about Tess's shortcomings. Tess herself is insecure and this is an important aspect of her personality. The same would have been true had the author presented the story from Amanda's perspective. Amanda fully gives over her own dreams and aspirations in favor of Tess's from the time she is a youngster. Amanda cannot see her mother's faults and if the author had presented the story from Amanda's perspective, the reader would not have been aware of Tess's insecurities and shortcomings. The perspective, because it is omniscient, is honest and lacking in prejudice. An interesting aspect of this perspective is that Amanda seldom reveals her own feelings. She doesn't focus on her fears or her dreams. The same is true of Tess. When Tess is talking to another mother at St. Matthew's and asks what the woman "does" for a career, the woman responds that she doesn't work and the implication is that Tess's family is not wealthy therefore she has to work. Tess is conscious of the slight even though she has worked hard on her career and has accomplished a great deal.