Seven Gothic Tales by Isak Dinesen
The theme that runs through this collection is desire, from the imagination of Miss Malin Nat-og-Dag, a maiden lady of wealth and virtue who now believes herself to be the grand courtesan of her time, to Count Augustus, whose wife is so jealous that she cannot bear him to admire her jewels.
Isak Dinesen was the pen-name of Karen Blixen, who was born in Rungsted, Denmark in 1885. After studying art at Copenhagen, Paris and Rome, she married her cousin, Baron Bror Blixen-Finecke, in 1914. Together they went to Kenya to manage a coffee plantation. After their divorce in 1921, she continued to run the plantation until a collapse in the coffee market forced her back to Denmark in 1931. Karen Blixen (17th April 1885 - 7th September 1962) was a Danish author who wrote in Danish, English and French, also known by the pen name Isak Dinesen. Blixen married her cousin Baron Bror Blixen-Finecke in 1914 and moved with him to Kenya where they set up a coffee plantation. They divorced in 1921 and Blixen remained in Kenya for another ten years recording her experiences in her best-known work Out of Africa. In 1931 Blixen returned to Denmark where she would live until her death in 1962.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780140185027 |
| ISBN 10 | 014018502X |
| Title | Seven Gothic Tales |
| Author | Isak Dinesen |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Year published | 1992-08-27 |
| Number of pages | 368 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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