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In the classic "Babette's Feast," a mysterious Frenchwoman prepares a sumptuous feast for a gathering of religious ascetics and, in doing so, introduces them to the true essence of grace. In "The Immortal Story," a miserly old tea-trader living in Canton wishes for power and finds redemption as he turns an oft-told sailors' tale into reality for a young man and woman. And in the magnificent novella Ehrengard, Dinesen tells of the powerful yet restrained rapport between a noble Wagnerian beauty and a rakish artist. Hauntingly evoked and sensuously realized, the five stories and novella collected here have the hold of "fairy stories read in childhood . . . of dreams . . . and of our life as dreams" (The New York Times).
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Anecdotes of Destiny and Ehrengard, Isak Dinesen, Karen Blixen
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- Released
- 1993
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- Title
- Anecdotes of Destiny and Ehrengard
- Subtitle
- Includes the Short Story Babette's Feast
- Language
- English
- Authors
- Isak Dinesen, Karen Blixen
- Publisher
- Vintage
- Released
- 1993
- Format
- Paperback
- Pages
- 288
- ISBN10
- 0679743332
- ISBN13
- 9780679743330
- Series
- Tags
- Fiction, Historical Themes, Fantasy, Religious Topics, Classics, Short Stories, France, Food, Gifts for grandpa, Novellas, Scandinavian Literature, Paris, Sisters, Historical Fantasy, Cults, Norway, Denmark
- Original title
- Babette's feast
- Rating
- 3.75 out of 5
- Description
- In the classic "Babette's Feast," a mysterious Frenchwoman prepares a sumptuous feast for a gathering of religious ascetics and, in doing so, introduces them to the true essence of grace. In "The Immortal Story," a miserly old tea-trader living in Canton wishes for power and finds redemption as he turns an oft-told sailors' tale into reality for a young man and woman. And in the magnificent novella Ehrengard, Dinesen tells of the powerful yet restrained rapport between a noble Wagnerian beauty and a rakish artist. Hauntingly evoked and sensuously realized, the five stories and novella collected here have the hold of "fairy stories read in childhood . . . of dreams . . . and of our life as dreams" (The New York Times).