![]() Margaret agrees and begins to listen to the story. Miss Winter sets down a few ground rules that include telling her story from beginning to end without interruption or questions that will interrupt this flow of story telling. Miss Winter is a stern, quiet woman who does not appear to be overly friendly when Margaret first meets her. However, after reading Miss Winter's novels, Margaret decides to take on the contract. ![]() Margaret's tastes, both in her work and her leisure reading, lie in the past. While Margaret has written several essays on famous people, she is not a biographer and has never taken on a living subject. The writer, Miss Vida Winter, would like Margaret to write her life story. ![]() Margaret receives a letter from a modern writer she has heard of but is unfamiliar with. The Thirteenth Tale is a story that has all the elements of classic English literature and all the mystery of a modern day blockbuster. However, lured by Miss Winter's Victorian style of writing, Margaret takes the contract and quickly realizes that by learning Miss Winter's secret she will be forced to confront a secret of her own. Margaret is hesitant, convinced that the master storyteller will lie to her just like she lied to all the others. The main character, Margaret Lea, is invited to write the life story of bestselling author, Vida Winter, who has spent her entire career making up her past. The Thirteenth Tale is a novel in the tradition of the Bronte sisters by new writer Diane Setterfield. ![]()
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