The Thirteenth Tale: A Novel

by Diane Setterfield | Literature & Fiction |
ISBN: 0743298020 Global Overview for this book
Registered by tobysrus of Cambridge, Massachusetts USA on 3/18/2007
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Journal Entry 1 by tobysrus from Cambridge, Massachusetts USA on Sunday, March 18, 2007
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Margaret Lea, a London bookseller's daughter, has written an obscure biography that suggests deep understanding of siblings. She is contacted by renowned aging author Vida Winter, who finally wishes to tell her own, long-hidden, life story. Margaret travels to Yorkshire, where she interviews the dying writer, walks the remains of her estate at Angelfield and tries to verify the old woman's tale of a governess, a ghost and more than one abandoned baby. With the aid of colorful Aurelius Love, Margaret puzzles out generations of Angelfield: destructive Uncle Charlie; his elusive sister, Isabelle; their unhappy parents; Isabelle's twin daughters, Adeline and Emmeline; and the children's caretakers. Contending with ghosts and with a (mostly) scary bunch of living people, Setterfield's sensible heroine is, like Jane Eyre, full of repressed feeling—and is unprepared for both heartache and romance.
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Great story! It captured my attention right away. Probably my favorite read YTD! Will take to the next Boston Bookcrossing meeting.

Released 16 yrs ago (4/10/2007 UTC) at Algiers, 40 Brattle Street, Harvard Sq. in Cambridge, Massachusetts USA

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Released at the April 2007 Bookcrossing Meeting.

Journal Entry 3 by amyem from Cambridge, Massachusetts USA on Wednesday, April 11, 2007
Picked up at April Meetup. Yes, I did pick it up for the cover, which I just love, and then loved the marbled endpapers as well. A good review from tobyrus sealed the deal. Looking forward to it.

Journal Entry 4 by amyem from Cambridge, Massachusetts USA on Thursday, September 6, 2007
I did love the cover and lovely marbled endpapers but not the story inside as much. The general idea seemed like a very interesting one but I found the writing style a bit clunky. There were several times when an important, or even minor, plot point just appeared at random. I found I didn't really have the interest to go back into the pages and see if whatever it was had been mentioned before. The story Miss Winter tells is interesting but full of masses of wild improbablity that I just couldn't suspend my disbelief for. It was a good premise overall but just didn't sweep me up in itself. However, some people have listed it as the best book they have ever read so what do I know? Hope the next Crosser can enjoy it and, the cover is really great!

Journal Entry 5 by amyem at Algiers, 40 Brattle Street, Harvard Sq. in Cambridge, Massachusetts USA on Monday, September 10, 2007

Released 16 yrs ago (9/11/2007 UTC) at Algiers, 40 Brattle Street, Harvard Sq. in Cambridge, Massachusetts USA

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Planned for release at September Boston MeetUp

Journal Entry 6 by GaramondMama from Arlington, Massachusetts USA on Tuesday, September 11, 2007
Picked up this book at a wonderful Bookcrossing Meetup at the Algier's Coffeehouse. I'm looking forward to reading it.

Journal Entry 7 by GaramondMama from Arlington, Massachusetts USA on Tuesday, February 12, 2008
Never did more than skim the pages of this book. Rather than leave it languishing, I am sending it on its way tonight at the Bookcrossing meetup. I think I picked up this book too soon after reading "The Blind Assassin" and had thus burned out the brain cells needed to figure out hidden meanings. Perhaps it's the scientist in me, always wanting things to make real-world sense.

Journal Entry 8 by Willowanne from Cambridge, Massachusetts USA on Tuesday, February 12, 2008
Picked up at February Cambridge bookcrossing at Algiers.


Journal Entry 9 by Willowanne from Cambridge, Massachusetts USA on Monday, April 21, 2008
I enjoyed this book. Basically, a book for book lovers...which makes it (almost) perfect.

Journal Entry 10 by stormysweetie from Tucson, Arizona USA on Thursday, May 15, 2008
Picked it up at the last Boston Bookcrossing Meetup. Can't wait to read it!

Journal Entry 11 by stormysweetie at Waltham, Massachusetts USA on Wednesday, October 22, 2008

Released 15 yrs ago (10/22/2008 UTC) at Waltham, Massachusetts USA

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Have heard great things about this book, but haven't had a chance to read it as yet. Want to pass it along to a friend to read first, as my to be read pile is growing faster than I can keep up with. May read it myself at a later date. Thanks for passing this along!

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