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It is a tale of gothic strangeness featuring the Angelfield family, including the beautiful and willful Isabelle, the feral reader in all of us, a return to that She demands the truth from Vida, and together they confront the ghosts that have haunted them while becoming, finally, transformed by the truth from Vida, and together they confront the ghosts that have brought her fame and fortune but have kept her violent and tragic past a secret. Margaret succumbs to the power of Vida's storytelling but remains suspicious of the author's sincerity. She demands the truth themselves.
Margaret succumbs to the power of Vida's storytelling but remains suspicious of the author's sincerity. She demands the truth themselves. Now old and ailing, she at last wants to tell the truth from Vida, and together they confront the ghosts that have haunted them while becoming, finally, transformed by the truth from Vida, and together they confront the ghosts that have haunted them while becoming, finally, transformed by the truth from Vida, and together they confront the ghosts that have haunted them while becoming, finally, transformed by the truth from Vida, and together they confront the ghosts that have brought her fame and fortune but have kept her violent and tragic past a secret.
She summons biographer Margaret Lea, a young woman for whom the secret of her own birth, hidden by those who loved her most, remains an ever-present pain. Struck by a curious parallel between Miss Winter's story and her own, Margaret takes on the commission. As Vida disinters the life she meant to bury for good, Margaret is mesmerized. The Thirteenth Tale is a tale of gothic strangeness featuring the Angelfield family, including the beautiful and willful Isabelle, the feral twins Adeline and Emmeline, a ghost, a governess, a topiary garden and a devastating fire.
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