ENGLISH

Babette's Feast and Other Stories

By Blixen , Karen;Dinesen , Isak

Book information

Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd;Penguin Classics
ISBN
9780241387993, 024138799X
Language
english
Format
EPUB
Filesize
1 MB (1105579 bytes)
Series
Karen Blixen
Pages
256 pages\0
Time added
2020-07-26 19:24:52
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Description

These five rich, witty and magical stories include one of Dinesen's most well known tales, 'Babette's Feast', which was made into the classic film. It tells the story of a French cook working in a puritanical Norwegian community, who treats her employers to the decadent feast of a lifetime. There is also a real-life Prospero and his Ariel in 'Tempests', a mysterious pearl-fisher in 'The Diver' and a brief, tragic encounter in 'The Ring'. All the stories have a mystic, fairy-tale quality, linked by themes of angels, the sea, dreams and fate. They were among the last to be written by Isak Dinesen, and show her as a master of short fiction.

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