What is the author's tone in the biography, A Woman of No Importance?

For the most part, the author tells Virginia’s story with a consistency of journalistic tone. There is a sense of researched objectivity, of documentary and straightforward presentation of facts as it is possible to know them. There are moments in which the writing takes on a somewhat fictionalized quality, points at which the author seems to embellish what she has discovered through research with details and language that enhance a mood, or reveal a sense of atmosphere. Overall, though, the tone of the work is essentially that of reportage and analysis, without a great deal of personal commentary.