- Danish Short stories, Translations into English, Short stories, scandinavian, Fiction, short stories (single author)
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Classical in form, prestige, grave and earnest.
- classical in formformally daring
- unpretentiousprestige
- gravecomic
- earnestironic
- sparerichly built
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- Author
- Isak Dinesen
- First published
- January 1953
- Pages
- 244
- Publisher
- Random House, Books on Tape, Penguin Classic
- Editions
- 18
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9780140184136
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Isak Dinesen (Karen Blixen) wrote works both in Danish and in English. She is best known, at least in English, for Out of Africa, her account of living in Kenya, and one of her stories, Babette's Feast, both of which have been adapted into highly acclaimed, Academy Award-winning motion pictures. In Denmark she is best known for her works Out of Africa (Danish Den afrikanske Farm) and Seven Gothic Tales (Danish Syv fantastiske Fortællinger; from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karen_Blixen).
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