La Chute and style

I found La Chute more difficult to read because of the first person narrative and the narrator's very specific way of speaking quite densely and formally, especially due to his use of the imperfect subjunctive. The way in which he speaks brings to mind Martha from Le Malentendu, and her old-fashioned way of speaking. Camus draws attention to this, Clamence stating that: 'Ah! je vois que vous bronchez sur cet imparfait du subjonctif. J'avoue ma faiblesse pour ce mode, et pour le beau langage, en général' (p.11 in my edition). As this is a literary verb form, it adds formality to what he is saying but, as he is supposed to be speaking, it adds emphasis to the fact that there is something not quite right about Clamence and I feel strains the conversation, as it retains formality. This perhaps fits in with the distance that Camus creates between the reader and Clamence and Clamence's own inability to form close relationships.