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12 set 2006 · Diane Setterfield is a British author. Her bestselling novel, The Thirteenth Tale (2006) was published in 38 countries worldwide and has sold more than three million copies. It was number one in the New York Times hardback fiction list for three weeks and is enjoyed as much for being ‘a love letter to reading’ as for its mystery and style.
Diane Setterfield. The Thirteenth Tale. “A surprising, spellbinding tale richly imaginative and atmospheric, The Thirteen Tale is an exquisite debut novel. from an outstanding new voice in fiction”. The New York Times. Angelfield House stands abandoned and forgotten. It was once home to the March family – fascinating, manipulative ...
The Thirteenth Tale is told through a first-person point of view, commonly Margaret Lea's. In this way, the reader only knows what Lea knows, and is able to solve the mystery with her. The first-person point of view also shifts to other characters, such as Vida Winter, who presents her own view through the story she tells Lea, and Hester Barrow, who presents her own view through the entries in ...
9 gen 2014 · Published in 2006, The Thirteenth Tale was Diane Setterfield’s debut novel, a Gothic homage to both Jane Eyre and the art of storytelling. A writer, Margaret Lea, is commissioned to interview and write the biography of the reclusive, novelist Vida Winter (her name carries shades of another Gothic tale, Rebecca).
The Thirteenth Tale. 2013. 1 hr 30 mins. Drama. PG13. Watchlist. Biographer Margaret Lea travels to the isolated rural mansion of the famous writer Vida Winter, who asks her to write her biography ...
5 gen 2014 · The Thirteenth Tale (BBC2) | iPlayer. You wait months for a detective at the high-functioning end of the autistic spectrum to arrive and then two come along at once, each with a coat made for ...
Synopsis. 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 ...
