The Deluge at Norderney (Masterplots II: Short Story Series, Revised Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: Karen Christenze Dinesen
- First Published: 1934
- Type of Plot: Psychological
- Time of Work: 1835
- Setting: Norderney, a bath on the west coast of Holstein, a duchy of Denmark
- Principal Characters: Cardinal Hamilcar von Sehestedt, Kasparson, Miss Malin Nat-og-Dag, Countess Calypso von Platen Hallermund, Jonathan Maersk
- Genres: Psychological fiction, Short fiction, Fantasy
- Subjects: Philosophy or philosophers, Virginity or virgins, Farms, farmers, or farming, Storytelling, Catholics or Catholic Church, Floods, Priests, Lifesaving, Rescue, Cardinals
- Locales: Denmark
The Story
The storyteller, looking back from the twentieth century, sets her tale before the backdrop of Romantically influenced early nineteenth century European culture. Fashionable society, in search of desolate scenery, moved its resorts to such areas as the wild seacoast of what was then a part of Denmark. In late summer of 1835, a terrible storm churned the sea, causing it to rise and break the dikes. Disastrous flooding ensued.
Cardinal Hamilcar von Sehestedt had been living for the summer in a small cottage near the bath at Norderney; there he was collecting his...
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