by Diane Setterfield · Atria/Emily Bestler Books · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780743298032
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«The Thirteenth Tale» is the gothic novel by Diane Setterfield, published by Atria/Emily Bestler Books in paperback (432 pages, in English).
Margaret Lea, a young biographer, hears the true story of Vida Winter, a famous writer who always hid her past. Among her memories appear a mansion, wild twins, a ghost, and a devastating fire; in confronting those truths, Margaret also faces her own story.
First novel by Diane Setterfield; the edition is from 2007 and reached number one on The New York Times bestseller list. It won the Alex Award from the American Library Association (ALA).
Suitable for book clubs and for readers of gothic and historical fiction interested in stories about books, women writers, and family secrets.
Diane Setterfield is an English author whose 2006 debut novel, The Thirteenth Tale, became a New York Times No. 1 best-seller. Setterfield won the 2007 Quill Award, debut author of the year, for the novel. It is written in the Gothic tradition, with echoes of Brontë sisters' Jane Eyre (1847) and Wuthering Heights (1847).
