About this title: Isak Dinesen's collection of complex and allegorical short stories in the gothic mode, first published in 1934, concern themselves mainly with love and horror, and are peopled by ghosts, young maidens, courtiers, and monsters. In the first tale, "The Deluge at Norderney," a monstrous flood strands four tourists in a hayloft, where they spend the night telling the stories of their lives. In the last tale, "The Old Chevalier," an aged man falls in love with an indifferent prostitute who just may be Dinesen's prototype of a truly liberated woman. Most of the tales are set in a much earlier time ...
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
Date Published: 1993
ISBN-13:9780140185027ISBN:014018502X
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Binding: Softcover
Publisher: PENGUIN BOOKS LTD
Date Published: 1988
ISBN-13:9780140019520ISBN:0140019529
Description: Paperback. GOOD READING COPY. Covers bowed, some pages & covers foxed, spine creased. Shipped from UK. Delivery is usually 2-3 working days from order by Royal Mail, International Delivery is by Airmail. read more
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: PENGUIN
Date Published: 1963
Description: Published by PENGUIN in 1963. Paperback. Condition: Good. Used book but in Good Condition for sensible price. #7890874 Shipped from UK. Delivery is usually 2-3 working days from order by Royal Mail, International Delivery is by Airmail. read more
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: PENGUIN
Date Published: 1963
Description: Published by Penguin in 1963. Paperback. Number of pages: 364. Condition: Good. Used book but in Good Condition for sensible price. Shipped from UK. Delivery is usually 2-3 working days from order by Royal Mail, International Delivery is by Airmail. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Putnam, London, Great Britain
Date Published: 1969
Description: Good/Good (price-clipped) 370000447 Colour on jacket spine faded, print still very readable, table wear to rear, bookshelf wear to upper and lower edges. read more
Description: Good. Minimal damage to cover and binding. Pages show light use. With pride from Motor City. All books guaranteed. Best Service, Best Prices. read more
"Each tale is like a polished jewel, very gothic and yet very modern at the same time, and much food for thought. 'The Supper at Elsinore' I enjoyed the most. I finished the book late last night, with a bottle of red wine, in front of the fire, in an empty house (S is off on a field trip), before going to bed."
"Who has not been charmed and haunted by the opening line of Isak Dinesen's Out of Africa: "I had a farm in Africa, at the foot of the Ngong hills..."? That was the only work of Dinesen (the pseudonym of Karen Blixen) that I had previously read, and I was interested to read her earlier work, Seven Gothic Tales, which has long languished on my bookshelf. The latter is a collection of several long short stories, or short novellas, each with a surprising and even disconcerting twist. Each is well written and engaging, although for me not all were equally memorable; all are probing explorations of mood and psyche and are unlike Out of Africa in tone and atmosphere. Dinesen is obviously an author of great versatility, and I would like to read more of her work."
"I cannot say enough about this collection of stories. Isak Dinesen changed my life. Although Out of Africa is a phenomenal and fascinating book, I prefer Dinesen's tales. She is a wizard. It's as if she translated opera into story form. You cannot miss this book (although you will probably need a dictionary of foreign phrases handy-or at least access to the Internet). Dinesen spoke several languages, Danish being her first, and she used the poetry of other languages in her stories. Do not let this fact deter you from picking up her stories."
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