The Thirteenth Tale, Diane Setterfield
The Thirteenth Tale, Diane Setterfield
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The Thirteenth Tale

Author: Diane Setterfield

Narrator: Lynn Redgrave, Henshall

Abridged: 7 hr 11 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 09/12/2006

Synopsis

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.

About 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.

About Lynn Redgrave

Lynn Redgrave's many awards include two Golden Globes, two Oscar nominations, three Tony nominations and for Talking Heads, the Drama Desk, Obie, and Outer Critics Circle Awards. Her films include Georgy Girl, Gods and Monsters, Kinsey and Shine. She has written three plays: Shakespeare for my Father, The Mandrake Root and Nightingale.

Reviews

AudiobooksNow review by Danielle on 2007-08-28 12:55:45

This story starts out somewhat slowly....but if you can hang on till it gets interesting it's hard to stop listening. Setterfield paints some beautiful and terrible pictures for her reader/listener, and I enjoyed the twist at the end.

AudiobooksNow review by Sharon on 2008-04-12 09:14:45

A really good story, well written and an ending that brings it all together. I really enjoyed this book.

AudiobooksNow review by Morton on 2008-07-13 01:14:43

This is a gothic novel in the best sense a horrific tale told in mannered, finely wrought prose. It is among other things a paean to story telling wrapped in an ever surprising story. Anyonr who loves a good story should give it a try.

AudiobooksNow review by Tanisha on 2008-09-02 13:51:39

The story of Vida Winters reminded me of the earlier books by VC Andrews that I couldn't help but be drawn into this story. The ending was a surprise that wrapped up nicely.

AudiobooksNow review by Dusti on 2008-12-21 03:54:56

This book nearly sucker-punched me. The first half seemed a bit tideous even though I knew the careful fact-finding would be essential in the future. By midway I half listened as I began checking my queue on-line. I nearly returned the book without hearing it through. What a mistake that would have been! The latter half began to gain speed like a runaway locomotive and suddenly the facts and revealations were coming so fast they nearly blurred like the scenery flashing past. This debut novel is a gem.

Goodreads review by Lisa on September 13, 2007

"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 fibers of your clothes, and when you open the new book, they are still with you" This quote......more

Goodreads review by jessica on January 14, 2021

this book has been sitting on my TBR for yearsss. its one of those books that sounds interesting and i want to read it, but i have never been in the mood to actually pick it up. until now, when i finally forced myself to read it. and boy, i had NO idea i was going to get a gothic ghost story. the fo......more

Goodreads review by Nicole on May 17, 2021

Książka zawiera spojlery do "Dziwnych losów Jane Eyre" Absolutnie przecudowna, o sile krwi, więzach, osnuta atmosferą mgły. To właśnie miłość.......more

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