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These five rich, witty and magical stories from the author of Out of Africa include one of her 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.

Babettes Feast and Other Stories

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      Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
      Publication Date: 07/11/2013
      ISBN13: 9780141393766, 978-0141393766
      ISBN10: 0141393769
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      Fiction Anthologies & Short Stories Contemporary Fiction

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      These five rich, witty and magical stories from the author of Out of Africa include one of her 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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