Babette’s Feast | Babette’s Feast

At a glance:

Author: Isak 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...

Babette’s Feast | Babette’s Feast

At a glance:

The Story

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