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    <body><![CDATA[<em>Babette's Feast</em> is absolutely one of my favorite novellas of all time. I try not to throw around words like &quot;triumphant,&quot; but in this case, it's a dead-on, custom-made shoe kind of fit.<br/><br/>Anyone who loves food or beauty should -- will, in fact, I promise -- enjoy the story of Babe...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/2873500">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Babette is a French woman working as a servant for two spinster sisters in Norway whose lives are an austere tribute to their cleric-father's philosophy of denial and asceticism.  Babette has a practice of entering the lottery, so there is this amazing undercurrent going on in the novella that's lik...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/72469833">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I picked this up after seeing the movie several times and wanting to get to the bottom of what it's all about.  Having read the book, obviously the task is to go back and watch the film again (which I thoroughly enjoyed) to pick up on some of the nuances.  The story fleshed Philippe's character out ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/26803240">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Haven't read yet... but have seen the film many times, and highly recommend it to foodies. I am hoping that the written descriptions of the various ingredients and preparations of dishes that make up the &quot;feast&quot; of the title are as tantalizing as the film's treatment of them.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[What was this story about? Because I'm not sure I could tell you. Ok I did like the two spinster sisters and the carefully written background of religious extremes. Maybe this is like a Norwegian version of Footloose. And Babette is Kevin Bacon. <br/>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[If I were a published writer- this is how my stories would flow. A cross between literary journalism, morals intact, but in the format of a fable.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Her books are superb gothic tales (she also wrote &quot;Out of Africa&quot;). Babette's Feast is also an amazing movie (that you should see, Raha). ]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I still can put into words how many different things this story communicates...]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I love the world she creates in these stories.  A rare bird indeed!]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I really liked this story--it had a powerful message.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[i like &quot;the diver&quot; the best. thanks to Joel.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Denmark, end of 19th century. Babette is a servant in a house of two women, daughters of a priest. She had to leave her native France and now with her cooking skills makes life of religious people of the village more tasty. ]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[The “Babette” novella has a strong message for every privileged person who wants to see the world change.  It’s encouraging but it’s also a stark reminder that change will not come without cost.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I have the feeling I need to read these with someone else.  I have the hunch that after I sit and think on these I will grow in my appretiation of these tales.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[&quot;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.&quot;]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[The movie is so very good better than the book.  Foreign film with subtitles.  Seen it numerous times.  BEAUTIFUL]]></body>
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