Nov 18, 2008
Seven Gothic Tales | Seven Gothic Tales
At a glance:
- Author: Karen Christenze Dinesen
- First Published: 1934
- Type of Work: Short stories
- Type of Plot: Fairy tales
- Time of Work: Nineteenth century
- Setting: Mostly northern Europe
- Principal Characters: Miss Malin Nat-Og-Dag, Countess Calypso von Platen Hallermund, Cardinal Hamilcar von Sehestedt, Kasparson, Jonathan Maersk, Baron von Brackel, The Prioress of Closter Seven, Boris, Athena, Count Augustus von Schimmelmann, Donna Rosina di Gampocorta, Morten de Coninck, Eliza, Fanny, Lincoln Forsner, Mathiesen, Anders Kube, Madame Fransine Lerche
- Genres: Short fiction, Gothic fiction, Fairy tale
- Subjects: Love or romance, Murder or homicide, Supernatural, Nineteenth century, Marriage, Mistaken or secret identity, Ghosts or apparitions, Storytelling, Storms, Aristocracy or aristocrats, Floods, Duels or dueling
- Locales: Europe
When Isak Dinesen’s SEVEN GOTHIC TALES first appeared
in 1934, their old-world atmosphere, their romantic style of writing,
and their aura of mystery made them highly popular. Particularly in
America, these tales of nineteenth century aristocratic life and of
the supernatural found a wide audience of people tired of the vast
amount of realistic and naturalistic fiction of the age. At that time,
few Americans knew Dinesen’s real identity (she is a Danish
Baroness, Karen Blixen-Finecke). In fact, Dorothy Canfield, who wrote
the introduction to the first American edition of...
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