Characters from The Thirteenth Tale

Character Descriptions

This section provides a short description of all the major characters in the book. This can be printed out as a study guide for students, used as a "key" for leading a class discussion, or you can jump to the quiz/homework section to find worksheets that incorporate these descriptions into a variety of question formats.

Characters

Margaret Lea - This character writes non-fiction and biographical works, lives and works in a bookstore. This character is called upon to interview and write the story of a famous author.

Vida Winter - This character is a famous writer who has spent an entire career making up a past that does not exist. This writer decides that the real story must be told, so this novel is about this person's past.

Isabelle Angelfield - This person is the daughter of a wealthy family whose mother died the night she was born and...
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