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Vida Winter, a famous novelist in England, has evaded journalists' questions about her past, refusing to answer their inquiries and spinning elaborate tales that they later discover to be false.
Sep 12, 2006 · The Thirteenth Tale is a gothic suspense novel from 2006 with echoes from several Victorian novels. The familiar device of a "story within a story" is employed, and sometimes it even contains another story.
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Oct 9, 2007 · The Thirteenth Tale by Diane Setterfield centers around the life of reclusive author, Vida Winter, who has spent the last few years creating a series of alternate lives for herself. Now ill and nearing the end of her life, Miss Winter decides it is time to tell the truth and come clean about the events of her life.
A gothic mystery about the March family and their connection to the mysterious writer Vida Winter. Margaret Lea investigates the secrets of Angelfield House and uncovers a shocking truth that affects her own life.
In The Thirteenth Tale, the novel Jane Eyre appears several times. Discuss the appearances and allusions to Jane Eyre and how this novel echoes that one. The story shifts significantly after the death of Mrs. Dunne and John Digence.
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The Thirteenth Tale. Biographer Margaret Lea (Olivia Colman) interviews reclusive writer Vida Winter (Vanessa Redgrave) and uncovers secrets from her strange childhood.
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Dec 30, 2013 · The Thirteenth Tale is a 2013 British drama mystery film based on the novel by Diane Setterfield. It stars Vanessa Redgrave as Vida Winter, a novelist who reveals her dark secrets to a young biographer.
