Babette’s Feast (Masterplots II: Short Story Series, Revised Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: Karen Christenze Dinesen
- First Published: 1950
- Type of Plot: Domestic realism
- Time of Work: 1883
- Setting: Berlevaag, Norway
- Principal Characters: Martine, Philippa, Babette, Lorens Loewenhielm, Achille Papin
- Genres: Short fiction, Domestic realism
- Subjects: Love or romance, Nineteenth century, Art or artists, Religion, Spiritual life or spirituality, Servants, Cookery or cooks, Sacrifice, Norway or Norwegians, Dinners or dining
- Locales: Norway, Berlevaag, Norway
The Story
This story focuses on a lavish dinner that a French servant woman named Babette prepares for a group of pious ascetics in an isolated Norwegian village on Sunday, December 15, 1883. The events leading up to this feast take many years to develop.
Martine and Philippa's father founded a religious sect respected throughout Norway that strictly denied the value of all earthly things, insisting that charity toward the poor and preparing for heaven were the only meaningful activities on earth. In their small and isolated village, Martine and Philippa adhere to their...
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See Also:
Isak Dinesen (Cyclopedia of World Authors)Isak Dinesen (Short Fiction)Theory of Short Fiction (Topical Overview--Short Fiction)
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