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12 set 2006 · The Thirteenth Tale by Diane Setterfield centers around the life of reclusive author, Vida Winter, who has spent the last few years creating a series of alternate lives for herself. Now ill and nearing the end of her life, Miss Winter decides it is time to tell the truth and come clean about the events of her life.
The Thirteenth Tale. Diane Setterfield. Doubleday Canada, 2006 - Fiction - 416 pages. Biographer Margaret Lea returns one night to her apartment above her father's antiquarian bookshop. On her steps she finds a letter. It is a hand-written request from one of Britain’s most prolific and well-loved novelists. Vida Winter, gravely ill, wants to ...
30 dic 2013 · Biographer Margaret Lea travels to the isolated rural mansion of the famous writer Vida Winter, who asks her to write her biography. Although initially she is reluctant, as Vida is known for constantly distorting the facts of her life, Margaret soon becomes fascinated with the story of a dark childhood, a disturbing tale that leads her to finally confront the traumas of her own past.
When do you think The Thirteenth Tale takes place? The narrator gives some hints, but never tells the exact date. Which aspects of the book gave you a sense of time, and which seemed timeless? Did the question of time affect your experience with the novel? Enhance Your Book Club Experience. Ghost stories abound in The Thirteenth Tale, and in ...
5 ago 2014 · The Thirteenth Tale is the story of the reclusive and secretive Vida Winter, the world's most popular author, who summons Margaret Lea to write her biography. Margaret is surprised by the request - after all, she's just an amateur biographer who works in her father's bookshop - but she agrees to visit Miss Winter and listen to what she has to say.
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The Thirteenth tale centres around the life of a fictional novelist, Vida Winter who has always remained elusive until she is struck down by a terminal illness. She enlists the help of a amateur biographer, Margaret Lea, by summoning her to write her biography and learn all her secrets.
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9 ott 2007 · The Thirteenth Tale by Diane Setterfield centers around the life of reclusive author, Vida Winter, who has spent the last few years creating a series of alternate lives for herself. Now ill and nearing the end of her life, Miss Winter decides it is time to tell the truth and come clean about the events of her life.
- Diane Setterfield
