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Unreliable narrator HYPERLINK /wiki/File:Paul_Gustave_Dor%C3%A9_(1832-1883)_-_Baron_von_M%C3%BCnchhausen_(1862)_-_009.jpg \o Enlarge An unreliable narrator is a narrator, whether in literature, film, or theatre, whose credibility has been seriously compromised. HYPERLINK /wiki/Unreliable_narrator \l cite_note-frey-0#cite_note-frey-0 [1] The term was coined in 1961 by HYPERLINK /wiki/Wayne_C._Booth \o Wayne C. Booth Wayne C. Booth in The Rhetoric of Fiction. HYPERLINK /wiki/Unreliable_narrator \l cite_note-1#cite_note-1 [2] This HYPERLINK /wiki/Narrative_mode \o Narrative mode narrative mode is one that can be developed by an author for a number of reasons, usually to deceive the reader or audience. HYPERLINK /wiki/Unreliable_narrator \l cite_note-frey-0#cite_note-frey-0 [1] Unreliable narrators are usually HYPERLINK /wiki/First-person_narrative \o First-person narrative first-person narrators, but HYPERLINK /wiki/Third-person_narrative \o Third-person narrative third-person narrators can also be unreliable.The nature of the narrator is sometimes immediately clear. For instance, a story may open with the narrator making a plainly false or delusional claim or admitting to being severely mentally ill, or the story itself may have a HYPERLINK /wiki/Frame_story \o Frame story frame in which the narrator appears as a character, with clues to his unreliability. A more dramatic use of the device delays the revelation until near the storys end. This HYPERLINK /wiki/Twist_ending \o Twist ending twist ending forces the reader to reconsider their HYPERLINK /wiki/Point_of_view_(literature) \o Point of view (literature) point of view and experience of the story. In some cases the narrators unreliability is never fully revealed but only hinted at, leaving the reader to wonder how much the narrator should be trusted and how the story should be interpreted.Historical novels, HYPERLINK /wiki/Speculative_fiction \o Speculative fiction speculative fiction, and clearly delineat