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Passage 1 Review  The Thirteenth Tale by Diane Setterfield       This novel, Diane Setterfield’s first, could best be described as a mystery story. Margaret Lee, a young biographer (传记作家), is invited by Vida Winter, a novelist of considerable fame, (1)_____ (write) her biography, which sets Margaret on a voyage of discovery, not only about Vida’s life, but about her own life too.     Vida has led a secretive life, during (2)_____ she has created many outlandish life histories for herself, all of them purely fantasy. It is only when she comes to the end of her life (3)_____ she feels able to expose the secrets of her past. Margaret travels to Vida’s home in Yorkshire, living there with Vida while she writes the biography. As a biographer, Margaret deals in fact not fiction, so as Vida tells her story, Margaret tries by herself to establish the truth. It is (4)_____ the coming together of these two accounts that the reader gradually discovers how the famous author has kept the family secrets and made a success of her life following (5)_____ can only be described as a very disturbed childhood.      Vida’s tale is one of gothic (哥特式的) strangeness (6)_____ (feature) the Angelfield family, headed by the beautiful but unstable Isabelle. Her twin daughters, whose weird behavior brings trouble to those around them, (7)_____ (call) Adeline and Emmeline. It soon becomes apparent from the twins’ behavior that (8)_____ is capable of leading a normal life, and when the house they live in is deliberately set on fire one night, it seems at first that both the girls have been killed in the fire.     As Margaret gradually discovers the truth about Vida, it becomes apparent that none of the people (9)_____ (involve) with the twins, including the housekeeper and the gardener, escaped safe and sound, so the story is to a large extent one of tragedy. But by the end of the novel, all is resolved and even the smallest of details in Vida’s story has its place. Meanwhile, there is a hint (