History ThirdPersonPerson / Literature

* In his non-fiction book ''Literature/StrictRules'', about Music/MidnightOil's 1985-86 tour with Warumpi Band, Andrew [=McMillan] refers to himself as The Hitchhiker until he "kills" this character about a third of the way through, although he only occasionally directly refers to himself either way.

* ''Literature/SheWhoBecameTheSun'': As Buddhist monks, Zhu and Xu Da both speak of themselves with some variant of the humble "this monk" in the presence of laymen. When Zhu [[TheConfidant opens up to Ma]] enough to switch to the first person, Ma finds it shockingly intimate in contrast.

* ''Literature/SheWhoBecameThe Sun'': As Buddhist monks, Zhu and Xu Da both speak of themselves with some variant of the humble "this monk" in the presence of laymen. When Zhu [[TheConfidant opens up to Ma]] enough to switch to the first person, Ma finds it shockingly intimate in contrast.

* The artist Boday, from Creator/JackChalker's series ''Literature/RidersOfTheWind''. In her case it's due to quirkiness bordering on insanity.

* Captain Ahab from ''Literature/MobyDick'' constantly refers to himself in third person, seemingly for dramatic effect. He's not right in the head.

---> ''' Janos Slynt ''' "I will not have it said that Janos Slynt hanged a man unjustly. I will not."

* ''Literature/CradleSeries'': In Sacred Valley, it is considered respectful for speak in third-person to your betters, as in "this one humbly begs your forgiveness." Lindon, being an UnSorcerer in a world of MightMakesRight, has to do this a ''lot''. Once he leaves the Valley, most people find this to be very strange, so he doesn't do it as much, but he does still slip into it when dealing with angry authority figures. [[spoiler:When he finally returns to Sacred Valley, he finds all his old bullies and tormentors doing this to him, and admits he can understand why all his friends thought it was embarrassing]].

* In the young adult science fiction novel ''EVERLASTING'' by Holly-Jane Rahlens, a post-disaster future world government suppresses the inconvenience of individualism by abolishing all forms of the first person singular pronoun, replacing them with third-person phrases involving "this _______." For example, a scientist will refer to him/herself as "this scientist." Illeism is actually referenced by name within the plot -- we learn that, earlier in the future society's history, a book written by an unnamed government agency to to teach children this new requirement (and an associated self-repressing philosophy) had been titled "THE ILLEIST'S CODE."

* Doll in ''Literature/HalfPrince'' does this, along with her MagicalGirl InTheNameOfTheMoon using her name
* ''Literature/TheHanSoloTrilogy'': Muuurgh refers to himself this way at first, before Han corrects him on the use of the personal pronoun. Mrrov though doesn't do this. It seems to be from his just being rusty with Basic. Jalus Nebl also does this however, in his own language.

* In ''The Godling Chronicles'' by Brian D. Anderson, the old hermit magician Felsafell has very peculiar speech patterns, [[StrangeSyntaxSpeaker often reversing words in sentences in Yoda fashion]], [[CrypticConversation speaking cryptically]], and frequently referring to himself in the third person.

* Falfa and Shalsha in ''LightNovel/IveBeenKillingSlimesFor300YearsAndMaxedOutMyLevel'' refer to themselves in the third person, i.e. as "Falfa" and "Shalsha". This is one of their childish traits.

* Fax from Anne [=McCaffery's=] ''Dragonflight'' does this occasionally as a veiled insult when speaking to F'lar.

* The title character of Shakespeare's Literature/JuliusCaesar does this frequently, as in: 'Shall Caesar send a lie?' This is an indication of his arrogance, which ultimately led to his downfall.

* In ''The Secret of Lost Things'' by Sheridan Hay, the bookstore owner George Pike often speaks in the third person.

* Ursula from ''Olivia Lawson Techno-Shaman'' series by M. Terry Green.

* Falfa and Shalsha in ''LightNovel/IveBeenKillingSlimesForThreeHundredYearsAndMaxedOutMyLevel'' refer to themselves in the third person, i.e. as "Falfa" and "Shalsha". This is one of their childish traits.

** "Dobby is a free elf!" All house-elves, actually. This likely stems from the fact that they live to serve others and therefore have no real sense of self. Dobby would often refer to Harry in this manner, even when talking to him. "Harry Potter should not go back to school."

* The real-life teacher Christine Zajac, described in Tracy Kidder's novel ''Among Schoolchildren'', always refers to herself in the third person when addressing her class.