Seven Gothic Tales. Isak Dinesen

Seven Gothic Tales - Isak Dinesen

Written in 1934 by Karen Blixen (1885-1962), using the pseudonym Isak Dinesen, «Seven Gothic Tales» is a collection of short stories set mostly in the nineteenth century and being concerned with aristocracy; breeding and legitimacy; and self-delusion; and combine romantic and supernatural elements with subtle narrative irony. It was published three years before her memoir «Out of Africa».
The stories in this collection are:
Deluge at Norderney The Old Chevalier The Monkey The Roads round Pisa The Supper at Elsinore The Dreamers The Poet