Thirteenth TaleBy: Diane Setterfield
Category: FICTION
Guide Created By: Joan Pearson
Discussion Leader(s): Joan Pearson
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Guide DescriptionThe Thirteenth Tale, a real booklovers story, is a classic gothic tale much like Jane Eyre, Wuthering Heights and The Woman in White except it is written by a new modern author, Diane Setterfield.
Plot Synopsis
Margaret Lea, a London bookseller's daughter, who leads a rather solitary existence in her father's shop, finds herself involved in unraveling the mystery surrounding the renowned, aging author Vida Winter, who wishes to reveal her long-hidden life story in her last days. In the process, Margaret discovers much about her own past! Haunted houses, long lost twins, and unrelenting mystery, it's all here.
The compelling novel forces one to consider if and how our own long-hidden secrets might be revealed at the end.
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