The Thirteenth tale /
by Diane Setterfield.
- 1st ed.
- New York : Atria Books, c2006.
- 499 p. : ; 17 cm.
New York Times Bestseller.
Aging reclusive author Vida Winter, having given out multiple versions of her life story over the years, decides t6o finally set the record straight and engages Margaret Lea, a London bookseller's daughter, to write her biography, drawing the young woman into a tale of a governess, a ghost, a willful woman, feral twins, and a ghotic mansion.
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Recluses as authors--Fiction.
Female friendship--Fiction. hermits--Fiction. Women authors--Fiction.