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Seven Gothic Tales by Isak Dinesen

Seven Gothic Tales

Isak Dinesen, Karen Blixen

Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group · Paperback · December 3, 1991

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.

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Who it’s for
Seven tales with a shadowy, polished edge and enough strangeness to linger.
Genres
Gothic Romance, Short Stories (Single Author), Scandinavian Literary Collections
Published
Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group, December 3, 1991

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About this book

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.

Gothic Drift

Seven tales with a shadowy, polished edge and enough strangeness to linger.

Come here for

  • layered Gothic atmosphere
  • edgy literary tales

Expect

  • short-form immersion
  • literary, fairy-tinted unease

Where it sits

Short Stories (Single Author)85%
Gothic Romance54%
Scandinavian Literary Collections46%

Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.

Publisher categories

  • Gothic Romance
  • Short Stories (Single Author)
  • Psychological Thrillers
Authors
Isak Dinesen, Karen Blixen
Publisher
Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Published
December 3, 1991
Format
Paperback
Reading lane
Gothic Romance