false 669305 21 Originally published in 1934, Seven Gothic Tales, the first book by "one of the finest and most singular artists of our time" (The Atlantic), is a modern classic. Here are seven exquisite tales combining the keen psychological insight characteristic of the modern short story with the haunting mystery of the nineteenth-century Gothic tale, in the tradition of writers such as Goethe, Hoffmann, and Poe. 655345 book 1934 Seven Gothic Tales total:320|5:129|4:101|3:69|2:19|1:2| 320 1296 584 40 669305 0679736417 9780679736417 267 32 4.05 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1176952466m/669305.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/669305.Seven_Gothic_Tales 5 2 false Fri Mar 28 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sun Feb 03 12:34:32 -0800 2008 Fri Mar 28 20:38:32 -0700 2008 more...]]> 669305 0679736417 9780679736417 267 32 4.05 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1176952466m/669305.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/669305.Seven_Gothic_Tales 3 0 false Tue May 05 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Apr 26 11:06:01 -0700 2009 Tue May 05 14:36:38 -0700 2009 Out of Africa: “I had a farm in Africa, at the foot of the Ngong hills…”? That was the only work of Dinesen (the pseudonym of Karen Blixen) that I had previously read, and I was interested to read her earlier work, ...more...]]> 669305 0679736417 9780679736417 267 32 4.05 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1176952466m/669305.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/669305.Seven_Gothic_Tales 5 0 false Fri Mar 27 07:17:04 -0700 2009 Fri Mar 27 07:25:22 -0700 2009 more...]]> 669305 0679736417 9780679736417 267 32 4.05 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1176952466m/669305.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/669305.Seven_Gothic_Tales 5 0 false Tue Dec 01 20:03:50 -0800 2009 Tue Dec 01 20:07:01 -0800 2009 more...]]> 669305 0679736417 9780679736417 267 32 4.05 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1176952466m/669305.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/669305.Seven_Gothic_Tales 5 0 false Mon Apr 28 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Mon Apr 28 03:45:28 -0700 2008 Mon Apr 28 03:45:42 -0700 2008 Seven Gothic Tales several years ago. I have no idea why I then put the book aside, since I liked those stories quite a bit. I’ve now read the last three tales, and I’m even more impressed. Isak Dinesen is probably better known today under her re...more...]]> 669305 0679736417 9780679736417 267 32 4.05 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1176952466m/669305.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/669305.Seven_Gothic_Tales 0 0 false Wed Aug 22 07:51:22 -0700 2007 Thu Aug 02 13:05:49 -0700 2007 Mon Aug 06 13:56:24 -0700 2007 Seven Gothic Tales, I'm happy to report that the hype around Dinesen is well deserved. 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