Once Upon a River: A Novel On a dark midwinter’s night in an ancient inn on the river Thames, an extraordinary event takes place. The regulars are telling stories to while away the dark hours, when the door bursts open on a gri...

Once Upon a River: A Novel

"A river no more begins at its source than a story begins with the first page."

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by Diane Setterfield
Rating: 4.3/5 (19,907 Reviews)

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“Politeness. Now there's a poor man's virtue if ever there was one. What's so admirable about inoffensiveness, I should like to know. After all, it's easily achieved. One needs no particular talent to be polite. On the contrary, being nice is what's left when you've failed at everything else. People with ambition don't give a damn what other people think about them.” ― Diane Setterfield

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Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers! (No guarantees that I will follow through!)

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cover of the novel "The Thirteenth Tale" by Diane Setterfield with a background close-up of a pile of red and green books and gold text overlay

Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
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