What is the author's style in Dragonwyck by Anya Seton?

This novel consists of twenty-two chapters, and each one is about sixteen pages long. The chapters are not given individual names, and it seems that the author wants the reader to consider the novel as one big epic. The plot of the novel is fairly complex, and one can see what happens in the lives of people in the course of a few years. The mansion itself seems to symbolize what is taking place, and it symbolizes the perennial conflict between good and evil.

The author keeps things moving at a steady pace. The subplots include the Mexican War, what happens when people are separated from one another, the struggle of the tenant farmers, and the new society that is forming in America as the democracy evolves.