![]() ![]() Winters finally reveals her life story, the purported "Thirteenth Tale." This tale is woven as various supporting characters, primarily family members, are introduced and developed, and while one is intrigued by their lives, one wonders what they have to do with Ms. The book centers primarily around the lives of Vida Winters, a prolifically-published but enigmatic author, and Margaret Lea, an amateur and unknown biographer to whom Ms. It grips because the characters are mysterious yet powerfully motivated, the plot is masterfully constructed, and the seeming contrast between the desolateness of the setting and the complexity of the story so intriguing. ![]() Setterfield, a first-time published author, has a style very reminiscent of those classic writers. It is a story set in a lonely English countryside of indeterminate time, populated by characters that would be very comfortable in a Bronte or Dickensian novel. The Thirteenth Tale by Diane Setterfield is one such gripping, skillfully-told story. ![]() The grip of a story skillfully told is another thing altogether, when not just curiosity compels the reader, but also compassion. Book Review: The Thirteenth Tale by Diane Setterfieldīy Mom It Forward on October 21st, 2011 | 3 Comments »īook Review-The grip of a story is a powerful thing, a compulsion that at once pleases and binds the reader as she meets the characters whose lives she must follow until their destinies are revealed and their problems resolved. ![]()
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |