false 669305 16 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 1492 Seven Gothic Tales total:299|5:120|4:99|3:61|2:17|1:2| 299 1215 543 36 5 2 false 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...]]> 3 0 false 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...]]> 5 0 false false Fri Mar 27 07:17:04 -0700 2009 Fri Mar 27 07:25:22 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false 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...]]> 0 0 false 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. Relating her tales as well-wrought tangents--elliptical anecdotes nested inside one another, ever expanding to the bigger picture--Dinesen not only provides a conversant fabric...more...]]> 5 0 false false Wed Oct 21 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Oct 19 12:26:52 -0700 2009 Thu Oct 22 01:21:18 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Tue Mar 24 17:40:37 -0700 2009 Tue Mar 24 17:42:05 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Fri Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Sun Jun 17 11:14:08 -0700 2007 Fri Jan 16 14:09:57 -0800 2009 more...]]> 0 0 false false Sun Dec 21 02:36:40 -0800 2008 Sun Dec 21 02:38:49 -0800 2008 0 0 false false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1974 Fri Nov 06 08:47:04 -0800 2009 Fri Nov 06 08:47:52 -0800 2009 0 0 false false Mon Feb 09 01:37:06 -0800 2009 Mon Feb 09 01:37:40 -0800 2009 5 0 false false Sun Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Mon Jul 23 17:16:37 -0700 2007 Thu Aug 09 18:51:49 -0700 2007 more...]]> 0 0 false false Thu Aug 27 14:32:12 -0700 2009 Thu Aug 27 14:32:27 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Sat Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Aug 20 07:14:14 -0700 2009 Thu Aug 20 07:14:25 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Fri Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2006 Wed Nov 21 06:01:40 -0800 2007 Wed Nov 21 06:07:09 -0800 2007 more...]]> 5 0 false false Sat Nov 17 17:12:06 -0800 2007 Sat Nov 17 17:12:06 -0800 2007 5 0 false false Sat Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2006 Fri Aug 10 23:52:40 -0700 2007 Sat Aug 11 09:57:02 -0700 2007 5 0 false false Mon Jun 23 12:20:42 -0700 2008 Tue Aug 05 16:05:08 -0700 2008 5 5 false false Wed Sep 26 20:07:30 -0700 2007 Wed Sep 26 20:11:32 -0700 2007 4 0 false false Fri Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1999 Wed Aug 29 10:11:04 -0700 2007 Sat Jul 11 08:36:28 -0700 2009