Though written under a male pseudonym, the book was not met with instant appreciation. She used the pseudonym Isak Dinesen (the name Isak is derived from the Hebrew Itzhak, which means 'he laughed', and Dinesen was her maiden name) so that the public would think she was a man, -in order to be taken seriously as a writer, she found this necessary. After she had returned to Denmark, she started properly preparing some of the stories she had been working on in Africa for publication. She spent the remaining 30 years of her life in Denmark, and died a legendary writer. She divorced her husband, who was cheating on her and gave her syphilis, in 1922, and in 1932 she moved back to Denmark after the farm had gone bankrupt and her lover, Denys Finch-Hatton, had died in a plane-crash. They soon moved to Africa, where they ran a coffee-farm near Nairobi, and the happiest years of Blixen's life were spent here (she used to say: 'Africa made me'). The legendary Danish writer, Karen Blixen-Finecke (pseudonym: Isak Dinesen) (1885-1962), was a Danish baroness, who married her cousin, the Swedish Baron Bror Blixen-Finecke, in 1914.

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.' Containing: The Deluge at Norderney. The first book by 'one of the finest and most singular artists of our time' (The Atlantic), is a modern classic. Kindly refer to image scanned, it is faithful and representative.

Additionally, the usual softeness & wear to corners, edges from being read, handled and stored.

Karen Blixen-Finecke (pseudonym: Isak Dinesen)

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