question about technique

[baltimoreandme.livejournal.com]

I am struggling with a technical problem - hopefully I can explain it in a way that makes sense.

I'm writing a story with a limited third person point of view - e.g. the entire narrative is funneled through the awareness of a particular character. However, I want to get aspects of other characters' views/personalities, etc. across to the reader that the main character would not necessarily be aware of. In other words, I want there to be more in what the main character sees/notices/hears than she herself realizes. And I'm struggling with how to do this.

Has anyone addressed this problem? Or - any recommendations of novels or short stories where this kind of thing is done well?

Thanks!

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[delurfangs.livejournal.com]

is it wrriten from the point of view of the narrator telling things as they happen or is s/he looking back at things.
post a little bit of it and i will try to help more

[baltimoreandme.livejournal.com]

It's a third person narrative, so the main character isn't telling the story, but the story is told from her perspective - sort of looking over her shoulder.

The first parts of the rough draft are here (http://baltimoreandme.livejournal.com/26325.html), here (http://baltimoreandme.livejournal.com/28156.html) and here (http://baltimoreandme.livejournal.com/30912.html).

What I am concerned about is the character called Abigail - I want to give the reader a sense that what she is actually like is quite distinct from what the main character, Christine, thinks she is like, but as a result I think it's just confusing.