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Seven Gothic Tales

Isak Dinesen

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A collection of seven tales, whose settings range from Tuscany and Elsinore, to a dhow on its way from Lamu to Zanzibar. It is shot through with themes of love and desire - from the maiden lady who now believes herself to have been the grand courtesan of her time to the Count whose wife is so jealous that she cannot bear him to admire her jewels.

Romantics, adventurers, sensualists, melancholics and dreamers inhabit the bizarre and exotic world conjured up in these seven intricately interwoven tales, whose settings range from Tuscany and Elsinore, to a dhow on its way from Lamu to Zanzibar.Proclaimed a masterpiece on its publication in 1934, this collection is shot through with themes of love and desire - from the maiden lady who now believes herself to have been the grand courtesan of her time, to the Count whose wife is so jealous that she cannot bear him to admire her jewels, and Lincoln Forsner, an Englishman whose search for a woman he met in a brothel leads him into many strange adventures.

Format:
Paperback / softback
Pages:
368
Publisher:
Penguin Books Ltd
ISBN:
9780141187198
Published Date:
31/10/2002
Dimensions:
198mm x 129mm x 21mm
Weight:
269g
Category:
Classic fiction (pre c 1945)

RRP: £9.99

Format: Paperback / softback

ISBN: 9780141187198


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