Modern Classics: Babette's Feast and Other Stories (Penguin Modern Classics)

Type

Book

Authors

Isak Dinesen

ISBN 10

0141393769

ISBN 13

9780141393766

Tags

Classics, Contemporary

Description

These five rich, witty and magical stories from the author of Out of Africa include one of her most well known tales, 'Babette's Feast', which was made into the classic film. It tells the story of a French cook working in a puritanical Norwegian community, who treats her employers to the decadent feast of a lifetime. There is also a real-life Prospero and his Ariel in 'Tempests', a mysterious pearl-fisher in 'The Diver' and a brief, tragic encounter in 'The Ring'. All the stories have a mystic, fairy-tale quality, linked by themes of angels, the sea, dreams and fate. - from Amzon

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