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Seven Gothic tales

Isak Dinesen (Karen Blixen)

(Penguin classics)(Penguin books)

Penguin Books, 2002

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"First published in the USA 1934. First published in Great Britain by Putnam 1934"--T.p. verso

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Description

Romantics, adventurers, sensualists, melancholics and dreamers inhabit the bizarre and exotic world conjured up in these seven intricately interwoven tales, whose settings range from Tuscany and Elsinore, to a dhow on its way from Lamu to Zanzibar. Proclaimed a masterpiece on its publication in 1934, this collection is shot through with themes of love and desire - from the maiden lady who now believes herself to have been the grand courtesan of her time, to the Count whose wife is so jealous that she cannot bear him to admire her jewels, and Lincoln Forsner, an Englishman whose search for a woman he met in a brothel leads him into many strange adventures.

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  • NCID
    BA59654613
  • ISBN
    • 0141187190
  • Country Code
    uk
  • Title Language Code
    eng
  • Text Language Code
    eng
  • Place of Publication
    London
  • Pages/Volumes
    363 p.
  • Size
    20 cm
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