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Vida Winter, England's most famous and reclusive writer, is nearing the end, and before she goes she wants her amazing life story to be recorded for posterity. For this, she engages a lonely young biographer, Margaret Lea, who has a few secrets of her own. When these two forceful women meet, the stage is set for an ever-mounting series of shocking surprises. I've always been a fan of the Gothic style of romantic mystery, and some of my favorite authors are the Brontës, Daphne du Maurier, Mary Stewart, and Robert Goddard. If you share my love of windswept moors, bleak houses and strange families, you're in for a real treat. THE THIRTEENTH TALE is a masterful, deliberately old-fashioned story of secrets, ghosts, sexual obsession, murder, madness--you name it, and it's here. This is a beautiful book. I'm going to give copies to a few friends, and I plan to read it again. The only other books I've actually read twice are GREAT EXPECTATIONS, WUTHERING HEIGHTS, and REBECCA. What else can I say? Enjoy.Read full review
Storytelling at its best! I've read the book which was tremendous ~ just couldn't be better. Then ~ I listened to the audiobook ~ phenominal! It has the best pairing of narrators (Bianca Amato & Jill Tanner) ever! Such an eloquent use of the English language made it a delicious read, but to hear it spoken ~ oh! Just beautiful! I decided to buy the audiobook version after having checked it out from the library so often ... I didn't want to deprive another patron from the opportunity to experience this treasure!
Wonderful story and fantastic reader. I put it at the top of my favorites list!
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I read a lot and listen to audio books when I can't sit and read. I have been through a ton of books and there have only been a few that have made an impression upon me as I read and long thereafter; this book is one of those books. The only thing I didn't love about this story was when it ended.
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