Diane Setterfield’s The Thirteenth Tale
19 Aug 2007
The Thirteenth Tale, Diane Setterfield’s evocative novel on the connection and bond between siblings, revolves around two sets of twins: Margaret Lea and her deceased twin Moira, and tragedy-born twins Emmeline and Adeline March. The story is two-fold, one story in another story: you have Margaret while she goes about her task to write the life story of reclusive, mysterious author Vida Winter… and then you have Vida Winter narrating her story; Ms. Winter, the successful writer who’s never told the truth about who she is and where she came from. She’s finally coming clean.























