The Thirteenth Tale: A Novel
- Author: Diane Setterfield
- Narrator: Jill Tanner
- Publisher: Simon & Schuster
- Duration: 15:35:56
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.
Chapters
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The Thirteenth Tale 001
Duration: 22min -
The Thirteenth Tale 002
Duration: 28min -
The Thirteenth Tale 003
Duration: 27min -
The Thirteenth Tale 004
Duration: 09min -
The Thirteenth Tale 005
Duration: 38min -
The Thirteenth Tale 006
Duration: 58min -
The Thirteenth Tale 007
Duration: 25min -
The Thirteenth Tale 008
Duration: 22min -
The Thirteenth Tale 009
Duration: 31min -
The Thirteenth Tale 010
Duration: 11min -
The Thirteenth Tale 011
Duration: 09min -
The Thirteenth Tale 012
Duration: 04min -
The Thirteenth Tale 013
Duration: 19min -
The Thirteenth Tale 014
Duration: 17min -
The Thirteenth Tale 015
Duration: 07min -
The Thirteenth Tale 016
Duration: 28min -
The Thirteenth Tale 017
Duration: 07min -
The Thirteenth Tale 018
Duration: 24min -
The Thirteenth Tale 019
Duration: 09min -
The Thirteenth Tale 020
Duration: 20min