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The Thirteenth Tale

(2006)
A novel by Diane Setterfield

Awards
Dilys Awards Best Book (nominee)
Waterstone's Newcomer of the Year Best Novel (nominee)

Vida Winter, a bestselling yet reclusive novelist, has created many outlandish life histories for herself, all of them invention. Now old and ailing, at last she wants to tell the truth about her extraordinary life. Her letter to biographer Margaret Lea - a woman with secrets of her own - is a summons. Vida's tale is one of gothic strangeness featuring the Angelfield family: the beautiful and wilful Isabelle and the feral twins Adeline and Emmeline. Margaret succumbs to the power of Vida's storytelling, but as a biographer she deals in fact not fiction and she doesn't trust Vida's account. As she begins her researches, two parallel stories unfold. Join Margaret as she begins her journey to the truth - hers, as well as Vida's.

Genre: Literary Fiction

Praise for this book

"This modern gothic took me back to one of my all-time favorites, Rebecca." - Beverle Graves Myers

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Used availability for Diane Setterfield's The Thirteenth Tale

Hardback Editions

2006 : USA Library Binding

Title: The Thirteenth Tale
Author(s): Diane Setterfield
ISBN: 1-4352-6136-4 / 978-1-4352-6136-5 (USA edition)
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October 2007 : USA Library Binding

Title: The Thirteenth Tale
Author(s): Diane Setterfield
ISBN: 1-4177-9952-8 / 978-1-4177-9952-7 (USA edition)
Publisher: Turtleback Books: A Division of Sanval
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January 2007 : USA Library Binding

Title: The Thirteenth Tale (Platinum Readers Circle (Center Point))
Author(s): Diane Setterfield
ISBN: 1-58547-892-X / 978-1-58547-892-7 (USA edition)
Publisher: Center Point Pub
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September 2006 : USA Hardback

Title: The Thirteenth Tale
Author(s): Diane Setterfield
ISBN: 0-7432-9802-0 / 978-0-7432-9802-5 (USA edition)
Publisher: Atria Books
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September 2006 : USA Hardback

Title: The Thirteenth Tale
Author(s): DIANE SETTERFIELD
ISBN: 0-385-66284-X / 978-0-385-66284-0 (USA edition)
Publisher: Atria Books
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August 2006 : UK Hardback

Title: The Thirteenth Tale
Author(s): Diane Setterfield
ISBN: 0-7528-7573-6 / 978-0-7528-7573-6 (UK edition)
Publisher: Orion
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2006 : USA Hardback

Title: The Thirteenth Tale (Large Print)
Author(s): Diane Setterfield
ISBN: 0-7394-7481-2 / 978-0-7394-7481-5 (USA edition)
Publisher: Atria Books
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Paperback Editions

September 2019 : UK Paperback

Title: The Thirteenth Tale
Author(s): Diane Setterfield
ISBN: 1-4091-9295-4 / 978-1-4091-9295-4 (UK edition)
Publisher: Orion
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1784 : UK Paperback

Title: The Thirteenth Tale
Author(s): Diane Setterfield
ISBN: 1-4091-4776-2 / 978-1-4091-4776-3 (UK edition)
Publisher: Orion
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June 2013 : USA Paperback

Title: The Thirteenth Tale
Author(s): Diane Setterfield
ISBN: 0-385-68040-6 / 978-0-385-68040-0 (USA edition)
Publisher: Anchor Canada
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July 2007 : UK Paperback

Title: The Thirteenth Tale
Author(s): Diane Setterfield
ISBN: 0-7528-8167-1 / 978-0-7528-8167-6 (UK edition)
Publisher: Orion
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October 2007 : USA Paperback

Title: The Thirteenth Tale: A Novel
Author(s): Diane Setterfield
ISBN: 0-7432-9803-9 / 978-0-7432-9803-2 (USA edition)
Publisher: Washington Square Press
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September 2007 : USA Paperback

Title: The Thirteenth Tale
Author(s): Diane Setterfield
ISBN: 0-385-66285-8 / 978-0-385-66285-7 (USA edition)
Publisher: Doubleday of Canada
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February 2007 : UK Paperback

Title: The Thirteenth Tale
Author(s): Diane Setterfield
ISBN: 0-7528-8194-9 / 978-0-7528-8194-2 (UK edition)
Publisher: Orion
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September 2006 : UK Paperback

Title: The Thirteenth Tale
Author(s): Diane Setterfield
ISBN: 0-7528-7574-4 / 978-0-7528-7574-3 (UK edition)
Publisher: Orion
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2006 : UK Paperback

Title: The Thirteenth Tale
Author(s): Diane Setterfield
ISBN: 1-4072-2426-3 / 978-1-4072-2426-8 (UK edition)
Publisher: Orion
Availability: Amazon UK

Audio Editions

August 2014 : USA Audio CD

Title: The Thirteenth Tale: A Novel
Author(s): Diane Setterfield
ISBN: 1-4915-3764-7 / 978-1-4915-3764-0 (USA edition)
Publisher: Brilliance Audio
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August 2014 : USA MP3 CD

Title: The Thirteenth Tale
Author(s): Diane Setterfield
ISBN: 1-4915-3804-X / 978-1-4915-3804-3 (USA edition)
Publisher: Brilliance Audio
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October 2008 : USA Audio CD

Title: The Thirteenth Tale: A Novel
Author(s): Diane Setterfield
ISBN: 0-7435-8160-1 / 978-0-7435-8160-8 (USA edition)
Publisher: Simon & Schuster Audio
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October 2007 : USA Audio CD

Title: The Thirteenth Tale: A Novel
Author(s): Diane Setterfield
ISBN: 0-7435-7020-0 / 978-0-7435-7020-6 (USA edition)
Publisher: Simon & Schuster Audio
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July 2007 : USA Audio edition

Title: The Thirteenth Tale
Author(s): Diane Setterfield
Publisher: Audible Studios
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July 2007 : Australia Audio edition

Title: The Thirteenth Tale
Author(s): Diane Setterfield
Publisher: Audible Studios
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July 2007 : UK Audio edition

Title: The Thirteenth Tale
Author(s): Diane Setterfield
Publisher: Audible Studios
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2007 : UK Audio CD

Title: The Thirteenth Tale (Complete and Unabridged - 12 CDs) Read by Jenny Agutter.
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ISBN: 1-4056-7468-7 / 978-1-4056-7468-3 (UK edition)
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October 2006 : UK Audio CD

Title: The Thirteenth Tale
Author(s): Diane Setterfield
ISBN: 0-7528-7572-8 / 978-0-7528-7572-9 (UK edition)
Publisher: Orion
Availability: Amazon UK

September 2006 : USA Audio CD

Title: The Thirteenth Tale: A Novel
Author(s): Diane Setterfield
ISBN: 0-7435-6417-0 / 978-0-7435-6417-5 (USA edition)
Publisher: Simon & Schuster Audio
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September 2006 : USA Audio CD

Title: The Thirteenth Tale: A Novel
Author(s): Diane Setterfield
ISBN: 0-7435-6451-0 / 978-0-7435-6451-9 (USA edition)
Publisher: Simon & Schuster Audio
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September 2006 : USA Audio edition

Title: The Thirteenth Tale: A Novel
Author(s): Diane Setterfield
Publisher: Simon & Schuster Audio
Availability: Amazon

September 2006 : USA Audio edition

Title: The Thirteenth Tale: A Novel
Author(s): Diane Setterfield
Publisher: Simon & Schuster Audio
Availability: Amazon

September 2006 : Canada Audio edition

Title: The Thirteenth Tale: A Novel
Author(s): Diane Setterfield
Publisher: Simon & Schuster Audio
Availability: Amazon CA

2006 : USA Audio Cassette

Title: The Thirteenth Tale
Author(s): Diane Setterfield
ISBN: 1-4281-1565-X / 978-1-4281-1565-1 (USA edition)
Publisher: RecordedBooks
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Kindle Editions

December 2011 : Australia, UK Kindle edition

Title: The Thirteenth Tale
Author(s): Diane Setterfield
Publisher: Orion
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March 2009 : Canada Kindle edition

Title: The Thirteenth Tale
Author(s): Diane Setterfield
Publisher: Anchor Canada
Availability: Amazon CA

September 2006 : USA Kindle edition

Title: The Thirteenth Tale: A Novel
Author(s): Diane Setterfield
Publisher: Atria Books
Availability: Amazon