Book description
Three titles from "Winter's Tales" - "The Dreaming Child", "Peter and Rosa" and "The Sailor-boy's Tale", by Isak Dineson, alias Baroness Karen Blixen.
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Despite the author's name on the cover, this book was written by Karen Blixen, who wrote under different names depending upon the country she wished to sell to or where she was living at the time. Probably best known as the author of Out of Africa and the wonderful film it engendered she also wrote many “Gothic” tales including those gathered in this small volume. Many imagine Wilde’s “Dorian”, Stoker’s “Dracula”, Stephenson’s “Dr. Jekyll”, or even Brecht’s “Threepenny novel” as the ultimate gothic tale but I can assure you that Baroness Blixen far outshone each of the above with her…
From Raymond's list on short stories told on a dark and stormy night.
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