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    The Thirteenth Tale: A Novel
    The Thirteenth Tale: A Novel
    The Thirteenth Tale: A Novel
    Audiobook15 hours

    The Thirteenth Tale: A Novel

    Written by Diane Setterfield

    Narrated by Bianca Amato and Jill Tanner

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    Winner of the 2007 Audie Award for Literary Fiction and Finalist for Multi-Voiced Performance

    Instant #1 New York Times bestseller

    “Readers will feel the magnetic pull of this paean to words, books and the magical power of story.”—People

    “Eerie and fascinating.”—USA TODAY

    Sometimes, when you open the door to the past, what you confront is your destiny.

    Reclusive author Vida Winter, famous for her collection of twelve enchanting stories, has spent the past six decades penning a series of alternate lives for herself. Now old and ailing, she is ready to reveal the truth about her extraordinary existence and the violent and tragic past she has kept secret for so long. Calling on Margaret Lea, a young biographer troubled by her own painful history, Vida disinters the life she meant to bury for good. Margaret is mesmerized by the author's tale of gothic strangeness—featuring the beautiful and willful Isabelle, the feral twins Adeline and Emmeline, a ghost, a governess, a topiary garden and a devastating fire. Together, Margaret and Vida confront the ghosts that have haunted them while becoming, finally, transformed by the truth themselves.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherSimon & Schuster Audio
    Release dateSep 12, 2006
    ISBN9780743564182
    Author

    Diane Setterfield

    Diane Setterfield is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Thirteenth Tale, and a former academic, specializing in twentieth-century French literature, particularly the works of Andre Gide. She lives in Oxford, England.

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    • 3/5
      What a totally weird & twisted story....... It is a miracle I even finished this for first I hated it, I found it to be overly written and boring; then it really picked up and held my interest however, by then I really began to dislike the characters (sisters) with a passion, even when they grew into adults and one was telling her story.

      Miss Winter (Adeline Angelfield March) was a twin, her sister (Emmeline Angelfield March) supposedly dead the family mansion in ruin & burnt to be razed. Many people have sought out Miss Winter to learn the "truth" of the tragedy that was her life, but she has ALWAYS Lied or omitted the truth.

      She calls upon a woman, Miss Lea, to come & write her memoirs and the truth of her life...... How fanciful and disgusting....... In order to understand the story she is being told and verify the "truth", Miss Lea hires a detective to investigate people from Miss Winter's past and it seems as if Miss Lea as well is just another dupe in another of the twisted schemes in Miss Winter's life.

      I did not like the characters, not even the woman who was transcribing Miss Winter's biography.

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    • 5/5
      This was a fantastic book that was a throw back to the writing style of the 19th century. I have read that the author's favorite writer was Charles Dickens, and her writing style certainly mirrors his. This was another book that talks at length about the love of words and reading and I can't seem to get enough of that type of work. This story keeps you guessing and was a page turner that I had a hard time putting down. I would recommend this book to anyone and feel that all will enjoy it.

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    • 5/5
      There was an 'otherness' about this book that was hard to define, from its focus on an unconventional family in a grand old house which initially put me in mind of "Gormenghast", to its seeming determination to operate independently of time. This last point was the most striking thing for me, and since it cropped up in the reading group questions at the end I'm guessing it was deliberate. It takes place partly in the present and partly in the past, and gradually the two threads of the story come together for a dramatic conclusion. The narrator, bookworm and amateur biographer Margaret comes across as faintly fuddy-duddy, and nobody in the "present" thread of the story uses any of the trappings of modern life (mobile phones, internet etc). Likewise, as she goes about researching the life of cantankerous author Vida Winter, a sort of redheaded Barbara Cartland with a mysterious past, I worked out the numbers and estimated that some of the action should be taking place during the war, yet no mention is ever made of it, or indeed of any world events. It could be taking place at any time, and as such I guess it won't age, being as it were, pre-aged.It was a bold task to undertake, being the voice of a highly successful novelist, who is effectively turning her own life story into a compelling tale. But compelling it was. You perhaps need to give it a few chapters, but it does take a hold. The detective work and the occasional creepiness of it are pulled off brilliantly and I galloped through the last hundred pages, desperate to know what happened. A breathtakingly accomplished first novel.

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    • 4/5
      The genre for this book is gothic novel. It was my mother's favorite kind of book. Because I didn't want to go against my mom, and because it was at least a way to have books to read, I read a plethora of gothic novels as a teen. In fact, it was just about the only sort of story I read.So lots of elements of this story were familiar to me: the governess who comes to live with a family, a remote castle-like home, the mists of the moors, a silent bachelor, strange servants, possible ghosts, mysterious death, the elevated language. The gothic elements put me off a bit because of overfamiliarity; that won't happen to you, I imagine, so set that aside. It's related, for the most part, as if the various characters are telling the stories of their lives, talking right to the reader, and that's quite appealing and quite novel. The sense of mystery and all the questions in my head kept me reading along at a brisk pace. It was a satisfying book.

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    • 5/5
      This is the perfect-stay-at-home-on-a-rainy-day-read. A beautifully written gothic tale set in modern day England is mesmerizing until the very end.The story starts off with Margaret who with her father is the owner of a antique bookstore. She is a novice biographer when she's asked by the famous and reclusive author Vida Winter to write her biography. Ms. Winter never gives interviews so Margaret is both excited and intrigued when she is chosen for this endeavor. Once Margaret meets the solitary author she realizes that although she was invited, her task is nothing but easy. Ms. Winter is a reluctant subject giving up very little and guarding her secrets. It is Margaret's job to dig deeper to discover the truth of this mysterious woman's past.One of my favorite books I've read this year. If you loved Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier then I would recommend this book as it is written in a very similar style. Creepy enough for chills but not over the top. A thoroughly satisfying read.How I acquired this book: Purchased at Book Passage, San FranciscoShelf life: Approximately a year and a half

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    • 5/5
      A delicious read.

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    • 4/5
      The author's writing is incredible and yet sometimes I felt that she was stalling in some parts. I would've given it a 5 rating but I thought the story started slow. Sadly, I wasn't engrossed in the story until I reached the middle of the book.

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    • 4/5
      Loved this book!

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    • 4/5
      I completely connected to this narrator and got totally sucked in. It was FANTASTIC.

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    • 5/5
      I loved this story.

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    • 5/5
      Wow, just wow.

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    • 4/5
      Reviews have likened this book to Jane Eyre. I kind of get that. But I was reminded of fairy tales like Bluebeard and Beauty and the Beast and Alice in Wonderland. Well written and I rarely skipped forward in the plot (a bad habit of mine).

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    • 5/5
      Read this book suggested by several coworkers from Sturgis Library . I loved it. There was mystery, suspense and it was crazy! Love books with a little crazy.

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    • 5/5
      I was completely absorbed in this book. When I finished, I went back and re-read parts here and there, because I wanted to savor it. I recognize that it is a gothic tale, and I haven't read enough of them to know whether there are a lot of tropes here for the gothic genre, but the storyline totally held my attention -- kind of a big deal for me these days. The characters were compelling (even though most were not the type I would feel comfortable hanging out with!). I am definitely seeking out Diane Setterfield's other work(s).

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    • 1/5
      Sadly, I loathed this book. I found it predictable and formulaic. We read the novel at the book group I belonged to and I was looking forward to the story but I was quite disappointed.

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    • 5/5
      "I was spellbound. There is something about words in expert hands, manipulated deftly, they take you prisoner."I was definitely taken prisoner by this novel. Diane Setterfield, weaved a story that I could not put down. I was captivated and in awe from start to finish. The story follows Margaret Lea, full time book lover and part time biographer. Vida winter is a best selling author and a recluse. Though her books and stories brought her fame, no one knows anything about Vida. Whenever someone would try to dig out the truth and find bits of her past, she would spin another tale, another story. Vida Winter's life and past remained a mystery. After crying wolf so many times, she was ready to tell her story and so a letter appeared before Margaret.As one digs and hunts for the truth in another's life, you end up confronting your own truth, your own story. For everyone has a story. This novel was written so well, that you get to read the story from different points of view while jumping from past to present, without it being confusing or overwhelming. This story is a family drama involving complex and complicated relationships. This story is a mystery with its secret finally being written. The story is also gothic with it's haunted house and ghosts. It's a story of love and loss and when its all woven together, you get a tale like no other.Without spilling all the juicy details and hidden messages of this wonderful story, I will stop here. The only thing left to say is, The Thirteenth Tale is a book for book lovers, for those who love the written word. A story for those who love to get lost in the pages of a book.

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    • 5/5
      "Tell me the truth" This is something that has stuck with Vida Winter for many, many years, and now is time to do so.

      Margaret Lea, an amateur biographer, is contacted by Vida Winter, an extremely popular write, because Vida wants to tell her story. After years of telling stories to any reporter that was asking, she has finally chosen to tell the truth. When Margaret arrives, Vida tempts her by promising her a ghost story, one that involves twins, a subject that is resonates deeply with Margaret due to her own past. The story starts from the beginning, that of the lives of Charles and Isabelle (siblings) Angelfield, and then of Isabelle's twin girls. The story is full of secrets and questions and as Vida tells it, Margaret is left to the interpretation of what was really happening.

      I absolutely loved this book. I felt drawn to the characters and wanted to know what would happen to them. With the mystery, there were a few things that I was able to figure out before Margaret did, but there were several things that I didn't catch at all, including the truth of Vida herself. This is something that I really like, when I'm not completely in the dark, but yet when something is unexpected. Definitely loved this book and highly recommend it.

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    • 4/5
      When I first started reading this book, I half thought about giving up before I got 50 pages in. It wasn't for lack of plot - it already was getting quite compelling - but yet... It would be grossly unfair to say I thought the book was going to be no good, but it all felt a little bit cliched, like Setterfield had immersed herself in the great English classic thrillers, had attended a number of creative writing courses, and then had done her best to include all the usual elements of a great mystery. Crumbling old country house - tick. Antiquarian bookshop - tick. Mysterious figures - tick. Mad family member - tick. Evil child - tick.But having stuck with it, I feel that in thinking like that I was doing Diane Setterfield a huge disservice. Yes, she does borrow heavily from [The Turn of the Screw], [Jane Eyre] and [Rebecca], to name but a few, but she doesn't hide from the fact, and in fact refers to them in her novel. It is so stereotypical in places as to be a little bit cringe-making, but mostly it's just an absolute page-turning rollicking great read. The plot was brilliant - a classic mystery puzzle that only fully unfolded towards the last few pages. Despite being fairly lengthy (456 pages), not once did Setterfield lose her grip on me as a reader, and had circumstances allowed I would have quite happily devoured it in sittings of 8 or 9 hours at a time.4 stars - not original, and not my usual kind of book, but a highly entertaining read nonetheless.

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    • 3/5
      How is this book so popular? My rating would be a solid 'Meh', or 'Glad I didn't pay full price'. I thought I was getting a ghost story, but what Diane Setterfield has actually penned is a derivative potboiler - I would recommend reading Jane Eyre, The Woman In White, The Turn of The Screw, or Rebecca, which have all been thrown in the literary blender by the author to produce a drawn-out mystery. And what was with the 'Jolene' clones ('flaming locks of auburn hair, eyes of emerald green')? Also I HATE first person narrators who are so lacking in personality, and sound so pretentious, that the story would be far better written in tame old third person. I wanted to punch Margaret and her 'devouring' of books. Obviously, this novel worked for a lot of people, but I started speed reading at 50%, just so I could move onto better books.

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    • 5/5
      A thrilling book.

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    • 5/5
      I wasn't sure what to expect going into this book, but I actually really really enjoyed. I think it was even more enjoyable because I was completely surprised by how quickly I was drawn into this story and how much I loved it!!The book does start off a bit slow, but after the first couple chapters I was completely sucked in. I am a huge fan of stories that jump between past and present and challenge the reader to figure out how the characters in the present got into the crazy situation they are in given their past. This book is basically a story about stories. I loved the mystery and the way Vida Winters sorted past is revealed with a series of stories. The whole thing was very cleverly done. This is a great book for those who love books, enjoy the concept of story, and enjoy a good mystery.Overall I really loved this book. It was a bit different from what I normally read. I love how masterfully this story was pulled together and how it keeps you guessing right to the very end. I would recommend to those who are just in general fans of the concept of story and a love good mystery.

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    • 5/5
      Rarely do I read a book that consantly makes me stop to think. There was so much in this book to think about, and I don't mean by trying to figure out the mysteries on my own before they were revealed in the story. It would be wrong to start with "this book is about a girl who," because it is about several girls; in fact, it is about five girls: Two ghosts, twins, and an "amputee," as she calls herself. She works in an antiquarian bookstore. Margaret is a biographer and shortly after writing an article on two brothers receives a letter from a well-known and well-liked author, Vida Winter, who wishes that Margaret should write her biography. The truth. The truth from someone who has made up her past in so many different ways, but who now wishes to let it all free. She finds herself piecing together not only the story of a ghost and twins, but between herself and her own ghost. Such truths were translated in the words of this book unconnected to the events in Vida Winter's life. Those were the instances where I had to stop and think. I couldn't continue reading, because they held close to me, pulling at my sleeve, begging me to stop and think about what I had just read. In some cases, they were elaborate plotlines coming together, but I started to think about geneaology, and how we are all just "subplots" in our own lives. The beginning doesn't start with our births, though we often times think of the world in that way; it starts with those before us - mothers, grandmothers, ancestors from times long since passed who started a trade which we now continue today. It doesn't matter the common thread, only that there is one, and that every family is a book. I am merely a chapter.I sometimes like to look at the discussion questions in the back of the book, if there are any. I'm disappointed. They are fine, I suppose, but what I really wanted to think about is that all children mythologize their birth. It is a theme that runs through the novel - one of many - but which struck me as the most interesting. Vida Winter says:I am human. Like all humans, I do not remember my birth. By the time we wake up to ourselves, we are little children, and our advent is something that happened an eternity ago, at the beginning of time. We live like latecomers at the theater; we must catch up as best we can, divining the beginning from the shape of later events. How many times have I gone back to the border of memory and peered into the darkness beyond? But it is not only memories that hover on the border. There are all sorts of phantasmagoria that inhabit that realm. The nightmares of a lonely child. Fairy tales appropriated by a mind hungry for story. The fantasies of an imaginative little girl anxious to explain herself the inexplicable. Whatever story I may have discovered on the frontier of forgetting, I do not pretend to myself that it is the truth. (Page 357)It has made me wonder not only how others mythologize their birth, but how I have in the past. How do I do it now? I've heard stories from my family about how I acted when I was younger, but do I create inner fairy tales to go along with these thoughts of my entrance to this world? And for that matter, what kinds of fairy tales do the characters in my stories create for themselves? Or have I created fairy tales for them, things that couldn't possibly be true but which I've decided to write in because they won't remember it anyway? An interesting concept that provokes much thought.Aside from this, I've been recommending this book since Page 20. It's very well-written and well-received and it somehow instantly became a favorite. No, not "somehow;" it's easy to explain that away. The girl works in a bookshop, just as I do, and she finds the same comforts in books as I do (although her tastes lie in 19th century women's literature, whereas I prefer modern classics). From the beginning, this book felt like home, and at the end, it left a serene uneasiness. I find that books that leave oxymoronic feelings are the most satisfying books to read. I will read this again to find the connections and see what really happened now that I know the truth. But I think I will need to think about it for quite some time before I can do that.

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    • 5/5
      I had read this book when it first came out and loved it, but having a very short memory when it comes to book plots, when I started this reread it was like reading it for the first time. I don't know if that's a good thing, or a VERY scary thing :)
      I enjoyed this book so much, the ghost story, the mystery and the strangeness of it all. I hope that the BBC tv movie will be available in the states very soon!

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    • 4/5
      I really enjoyed Setterfield's style. Beautifully written with a story that captures you and holds on until it's revealing end. I will look forward to her next offering.

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    • 5/5
      The thirteenth taleYou know a story's good when you start again at the beginning as soon as you've read the ending.I discovered Diane Setterfield's 'The Thirteenth Tale' at my local Lounge bar book swap one afternoon and was immediately hooked. Why? Look:Opening quotation:'All children mythologise their birth. It is a universal trait. You want to know someone? Heart, mind and soul? Ask him to tell you about when he was born. What you get won't be the truth: it will be a story. And nothing is more telling than a story.'After that seriously engaging opening I was delighted to realise that this is a story in which books and reading and storytelling and truth are inextricably bound up in the narrative.This sustained me as the narrative-within-a-narrative moved on to focus on a pair of almost mythically awful characters: violent Charlie and manipulative Isabelle.What's it about?Storytelling. Twins. Loneliness.Extremely successful author Vida Winter is dying. Having spent many years spinning various tales to the hacks sent to get her life story, Vida has finally sent for a biographer to tell the truth about her early life.Margaret Lea is astounded to be summoned and dubious about Miss Winter's ability to tell the truth, but the secrets of her own birth cause her to become spellbound by the older woman's story, and she finds herself irresistibly drawn to Angelfield House, formerly home to the March family, and Miss Winter.What secrets are Angelfield and Miss Winter hiding? Margaret is ready to find out.What's it like?Quietly compelling. Atmospheric. Occasionally confusing.Setterfield perfectly conveys Margaret's complete absorption in Miss Winter's story of the very odd twins, Emmeline and Adeline, and encourages our own absorption.Throughout I wondered: how on earth does the uncontrollable Adeline become the girl seen in the mist? Certain incidents confuse; they make no sense in the context of our knowledge, and it is not until Miss Winter finally reveals the complete truth about the fire at Angelfield that the reader can comprehend a story which initially seems insoluble without recourse to ghosts.There's a real Victorian / Edwardian feel about this story, though no dates are specified. Governesses, a full staff dwindling to almost nothing, an unworldly heroine and extensive grounds in a decaying house all evoke a time long past. I'm sure this helps to explain why I enjoyed this so much!Characters are presented in ways that fully reveal them to readers, while they remain oblivious to their true selves. I loved the descriptions of the interactions between the deeply patronising Doctor Maudsley and Hester, the scientifically-minded governess:'She was quite right, of course. He had no idea what book she had got it out of, but she must have read it closely, for she elaborated on the idea very sensibly.'And this:'She had an amusing habit of expressing views of her own with the same measured command as when she was explaining a theory by some authority she had read.'Setterfield perfectly conveys the inbuilt arrogance and superiority of a medical man dealing with a female he perceives as a subordinate...and the governess's tactful and self-effacing manipulation of this "superior" male!Typical quotes:'The separation of twins is no ordinary separation. Imagine surviving an earthquake. When you come to, you find the world unrecognisable. The horizon is in a different place. The sun has changed colour. Nothing remains of the terrain you know. As for you, you are alive. But it's not the same as living.''Do you know the feeling when you start reading a new book before the membrane of the last one has had time to close behind you? You leave the previous book with ideas and themes - characters even - caught in the fibres of your clothes, and when you open the new book they are still with you.'Final thoughtsThis is a cleverly constructed tale about the power of story telling and the mystical nature of twinship. I enjoyed reading it, though I was increasingly dubious about the pending solution of the various mystifying elements: I don't believe in ghosts and am not really a fan of ghost stories, so I was worried about the direction this was taking. Suffice it to say, I needn't have been. The final solution makes perfect sense - and reminds us once again that Hester is not infallible!Full of twists, turns, shocks and, erm, illegitimate children, this is compelling storytelling, including what is, quite possibly, the best doctor diagnosis and prescription ever.Recommended.

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    • 4/5
      Loved this story: creepy, intriguing, mysterious, heartwarming and hard to put down.

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    • 4/5
      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. As the story of Winter's childhood unfolds, Margaret discovers what it is they have in common and why she was chosen to write the biography.The Thirteenth Tale borrows elements of classic novels such as Wuthering Heights, The Woman in White, Jane Eyre, and The Turn of the Screw and it felt instantly familiar to me: the Yorkshire moors, twins, mistaken identities, ghosts and governesses all play a part in the story. I'm not saying this book was unoriginal or an exact copy of any other novel - it wasn't - but Diane Setterfield was obviously trying to capture the overall mood of those gothic classics. Not only are the books I just mentioned referred to over and over again in the story, but they are cleverly incorporated into the plot. I can see why The Thirteenth Tale has been so popular because it really is a book for book lovers!Yet despite the familiarity, I didn't guess everything that was going to happen. When the solution to the mystery (or one of the mysteries, as there are a few) was revealed, it surprised me - although the clues had been there all along and I'm sure if I read the book again it would be obvious.One thing that struck me while I was reading this book was that we are never told when the story was supposed to be set. There are no historical references to suggest when the events of the book are taking place. Even Margaret's timeframe, although obviously fairly recent, is still vague. I'm sure this was deliberate and it does help to give the story a timeless feel, but I'm one of those readers who likes to know when a story is set!While I didn't love this book as much as I hoped I would (which I suspect might just be because I've read too many books of this type recently), it was fun, entertaining and very quick to read for a book with over 450 pages. It was also a perfect read for late December - a book to curl up with indoors while it's cold and dark outside.

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    • 5/5
      Excellent! I loved the lack of predictability and family dynamics.
    • 4/5
      Such an atmospheric read, so lyrical and intriguing. A bit creepy at times but that’s the vibe
    • 3/5
      It was pretty good, but not really great.