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These five rich, witty and magical stories from the author of Out of Africa include one of her most well known tales, Babettes Feast, which was made into the classic film. It tells the story of a French cook working in a puritanical Norwegian community, w
In 1914 Karen Blixen arrived in Kenya with her husband to run a coffee farm. Instantly drawn to the land, she spent her happiest years there until the plantation failed. Karen Blixen was forced to return to Denmark in 1931 and it was there that she wrote
If one theme unifies the 11 tales collected here, it is that of longing. Written after her return from Kenya and during the dark days of the Nazi occupation, they derive their themes and locales from Isak Dinesen's childhood in Denmark. Isak Dinesen w
"Seven Gothic Tales" er Karen Blixens sensuelle, melankolske og drømmende samling af fortællinger skrevet under hendes pseudonym Isak Dinesen. Romantikere, eventyrere, følsomme, melankolikere og drømmere indtager de bizarre og eksotiske verdener
Little Clothbound Classics: irresistible, mini editions of short stories, novellas and essays from the world's greatest writers, designed by the award-winning Coralie Bickford-Smith. Karen Blixen, author of the acclaimed memoir Out of Africa , was als
From the author of the timeless classic Out of Africa five hauntingly evoked, sensuously realized stories and a novella "that belong in that special realm in which artistry is more real than reality" ( TIME ). - Ehrengard is Now a Netflix Film.
This volume of Seven Gothic Tales includes: The Deluge at Norderney; The Old Chevalier; The Monkey; The Roads Round Pisa; The Supper at Elsinore; The Dreamers; and The Poet. These seven exquisite tales combine the keen psychological insight characteristic
Isak Dinesen . . . had an original approach to life that permeated all her work. She loved storytelling, with the result that most of her essays are quasi-narratives, which proceed not from major to minor premise but from one anecdote to another as the wa