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I loved "Out of Africa", which I read--on Hemingway's recommendation--long before the silly movie adaptation existed. This is quite different, except that in both that book and this book Karen Blixen proves herself a master (mistress?) of English prose-- which is all the more surprising considering that English was not her native tongue (apparently she was more than fluent in several languages).

I've decided the "Gothic" in the title means, not to put too fine a point on it, that these are essentially horror stories--but they're muted horror stories that unfold at a very leisurely pace and discursively. They're also oozing erudition and steeped in the sensibility of the early nineteenth century. Most of them involve a weave of subsumed and parallel tales, a thing which tends to try my patience as a reader--and mostly why I've docked the book a star. (The only work I know which comes close to it in this respect is Stanislaw Lem's "The Cyberiad", and I actually recommend tackling that first to test your tolerance for nested stories.)


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Seven Gothic Tales Isak Dinesen 9780679736417 Books Reviews

Isak Dinesen's "Seven Gothic Tales" are wonderful short stories that perfectly embody their title their subjects as well as their denouements are awkward and eerie. In fact, their subject matter in particular betray Dinesen's birth name, Karen von Blixen, for they have a very nordic, fascinatingly dispassionate atmosphere.

These tales are lesser known masterpieces of the author of the great classic novel Out of Africa.
Dinesen was a gifted story teller with a prodigious imagination & faultless, lapidary diction & style.
Super readable classic gothic fiction (which, if you've read gothic fiction, you know that is a considerable achievement).
It is fantastical and engaging, great for bed time reading. It appeals to contemporary readers although written many decades ago.
Good read - excellent author!
The words crafted by the author linger in my mind and thoughts. I often have to stop and re-read a passage because it is truly scrumptious with detail; I feel as though I am there in the setting. The stories are not scary but peculiar in their own right. Money well spent. Highly recommend.
Beautifully read version of this strange and fascinating collection of stories, but as far as I know the only copy obtainable...and I bought it! I have asked Audible to produce a recorded version, hope they will do so!
I loved "Out of Africa", which I read--on Hemingway's recommendation--long before the silly movie adaptation existed. This is quite different, except that in both that book and this book Karen Blixen proves herself a master (mistress?) of English prose-- which is all the more surprising considering that English was not her native tongue (apparently she was more than fluent in several languages).

I've decided the "Gothic" in the title means, not to put too fine a point on it, that these are essentially horror stories--but they're muted horror stories that unfold at a very leisurely pace and discursively. They're also oozing erudition and steeped in the sensibility of the early nineteenth century. Most of them involve a weave of subsumed and parallel tales, a thing which tends to try my patience as a reader--and mostly why I've docked the book a star. (The only work I know which comes close to it in this respect is Stanislaw Lem's "The Cyberiad", and I actually recommend tackling that first to test your tolerance for nested stories.)