Free Indirect Discourse

A narrative technique in which a third-person narrator temporarily adopts the internal vocabulary, subjective idioms, and emotional valence of a character without quotation marks or reporting verbs ('he thought', 'she said').

“In Emma: 'Emma Woodhouse, handsome, clever, and rich... seemed to unite some of the best blessings of existence; and had lived nearly twenty-one years in the world with very little to distress or vex her.' (The ironic voice blends directly into Emma's self-regard).”