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Seven Gothic Tales
Seven Gothic Tales | Isak Dinesen
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.
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LeahBergen
Seven Gothic Tales | Isak Dinesen
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Chrissyreadit Are they good? 4y
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Kalalalatja
Seven Gothic Tales | Isak Dinesen
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Day 5 #7Covers7Days #CoverCrush

I have lost track of who has been tagged, so see this as an open invitation to join in, and post all your pretty covers for the next week 🙌

SauerPatch Wow, what a gorgeous cover! 😍 (edited) 5y
readordierachel That is stunning! 5y
Itchyfeetreader This is a stunner 5y
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kspenmoll Love that Lady! 5y
erzascarletbookgasm Wow! 💙 5y
Cathythoughts 💙💙💙 5y
Nute I‘m over the moon!🌙💙 5y
ferskner My favorite!!! 5y
hilded Wonderful cover 😍 The book itself, very interesting and beautiful prose - but I struggeled with it. 5y
BiblioLitten 💙😍 5y
Kalalalatja @hilded I struggled, too, but I can‘t put my finger on why 🤷‍♀️ 5y
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gradcat
Seven Gothic Tales | Isak Dinesen
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#QuotsyJune19

(Day 8 - #Ocean)

*Quote has been edited from its form in the short story, “The Deluge at Norderney.”

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Ericalambbrown
Seven Gothic Tales | Isak Dinesen
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D forgot to give me the mail when we got back from Tulsa yesterday. My purchases from the Folio Society sale finally got here! Happy #bookhaul 📚😊❤️

gradcat They look gorgeous 📚 ❤️😊 5y
Branwen They all look amazing, but that copy of Rebecca...omg 😍📚💕 5y
Ericalambbrown @Branwen The illustrations are gorgeous in it! I‘m really excited to read it. 5y
Reviewsbylola Omgggggg. I‘m especially envious of Rebecca!! 5y
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Kalalalatja
Seven Gothic Tales | Isak Dinesen
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Bailedbailed

It pains me, but I‘m putting this down for now. The writing is lovely, but somehow, I‘m just not that interested. I have to “force” myself to pick it up, and I‘m struggling with staying focused on the text. So I think it is time to realize this just isn‘t working for me at the moment 🤷‍♀️

#RecommendationsChallenge2018

TrishB I know when I‘m hesitant to pick back up that I should just bail! 5y
erzascarletbookgasm It‘s a pity, the edition is gorgeous and it sounds intriguing..but if you‘re hesitant, time to move on! 5y
ephemeralwaltz You do you! Lovely edition but we all have gorgeous editions of books we aren't picking up anytime soon 😂👏 5y
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ferskner Nooooooooooooo!!!! I'm sorry it didn't work for you. I hope you'll want to come back to it eventually! 5y
Kalalalatja @ferskner I was really bummed as well, but I think it might be timing (hopefully) 🤞 5y
hilded I struggled with this one as well, spend several months getting through it, had to take long breaks between each tale. Still, there was just something about it. Her writing is exquisite. And I really liked 5y
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MagneticCrow
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‘I tell you Jonathan,‘ said Rasmus, ‘that your melancholy is the highest fashion of the day. The elegant young men of Copenhagen wear black and speak with bitterness of the world, and the ladies talk of the grave.‘

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Kalalalatja
Seven Gothic Tales | Isak Dinesen
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My tbr is full of books with #sobeautiful covers at the moment, and now the only problem is to choose which to pick up next! 📖

This song is beyond cheesy and sugar sweet, but I have so many memories of young love and crushes connected to it, that I can‘t help but love it 😄 https://youtu.be/8ChU_YVWne0

#SeptemberDanes

meghathecloud These covers are so beautiful!!😍 6y
JennyM A feast for the eyes! 6y
Cathythoughts Lovely covers. And , Those are great memories to have 💕💕💕 (edited) 6y
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erzascarletbookgasm Gorgeous covers!!! 😍 6y
Lcsmcat They‘re all beautiful, and the ones I have read (Atwood and Dickens) are wonderful to read. What is the top left book? 6y
youneverarrived I love that Atwood cover 😍 6y
Itchyfeetreader These are beautiful 6y
Cinfhen You gotta read the 2 #MB18 shortlist titles!!! @lola loved 6y
Lola @Cinfhen I did! You have the UK cover! So glad I have that one, too. I saw the US version last night in the flesh (in the paper? 😛) and it doesn‘t begin to compare. 6y
Kalalalatja @StoriesandCode @JennyM @Cathythoughts @erzascarletbookgasm @Itchyfeetreader thanks all! 💕 @Lcsmcat it is the Folio Society edition of the tagged Isak Dinesen/Karen Blixen book 👌 @youneverarrived I‘m seriously in love with these anniversary editions 😍 6y
Kalalalatja @Cinfhen I‘m pretty sure I‘ll go with that next, but I‘m away with friends all weekend, so I won‘t get much reading done. @Lola I love the cover, but sadly it is a library book so I‘ve to give it back at some point 👎 6y
Mdargusch So pretty! 💙💙💙 6y
Jess I‘m heading out this weekend to pick up Washington Black but am bummed that they changed the cover for the US. 6y
DivineDiana @Jess Agree! I want the cover with the ⛵️ 6y
Reviewsbylola So gorgeous 😍😍 6y
batsy 😍😍 6y
BarbaraBB Gorgeous! I‘d go for the Atwood! 6y
Adriannagab Pretty covers!😍😍 6y
ephemeralwaltz 😍😍😍 6y
DGRachel I love that cover for A Tale of Two Cities! 6y
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jillrhudy
Seven Gothic Tales | Isak Dinesen, Isak Denisen
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I have been struggling to get through these for a month. Some of the writing is brilliant but she can‘t seem to stick with one story but veers off into another story, then another, and another, until I forget who the story is supposed to be about in the first place. I have limited patience with interpolated tales (especially in short fiction) and these are chains of tales. She has story attention deficit AND they aren‘t Gothic at all!

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TK421
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Three more library holds for my #FreakyFriday list came in! I'm really enjoying reading from @ferskner 's list. I'll be continuing this well in to May. This horribly busy time of year really steals away most of my reading time, so I'll get to these as I can. They all looked really interesting to me.
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Clwojick Ooo. I think I have that Tana French. I can‘t wait to see what you think of if 6y
SandyW I can relate to reading in to May. The Dinesen looks interesting. I'm stacking that one! 6y
vivastory In the Woods is fantastic 6y
ferskner Three of my top favorites! So glad you're enjoying them. 6y
Reviewsbylola Love In the Woods! 6y
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jillrhudy
Seven Gothic Tales | Isak Dinesen, Isak Denisen
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You had me from D #dropcap
Modern Library Edition 1961
“The Deluge at Norderney” #gothic #modernlibrary #seacoast #shortfiction #librariansoflitsy and I think I am supposed to use #LitsyWelcomeWagon for my first post?

The_Heeler_Booklife @Jess7 thanks for the mention. Welcome to Litsy @BarbaraTheBibliophage 6y
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Jess7 And yes! So glad you added that hashtag Jill! It helps us find you to welcome you and start a whotofollow train for you! Hopefully you‘ll follow all these wonderful Littens and they‘ll follow you and you‘ll be loving Litsy in no time!! 🤗🤗 6y
Jess7 @allthingskayla - the new litten is @jillrhudy ! 🤗 @BarbaraTheBibliophage has been around for awhile - if you‘re not already connected with her you should check her out! 📚🎉🤗 6y
britt_brooke @BarbaraTheBibliophage Thanks, my friend! 💚 Welcome @jillrhudy ! 6y
TheLibrarian Thanks for the tag @Jess7 and welcome to Litsy @jillrhudy !! 6y
GarthRanzz Welcome @jillrhudy! And thanks for the tag @BarbaraTheBibliophage! 6y
MelAnn Welcome!!!! 6y
The_Heeler_Booklife @Jess7 whoops. 🙈 I couldn‘t see the name at first and thought it was that one. So sorry guys. Welcome @jillrhudy 6y
Megabooks Thanks for the tag @BarbaraTheBibliophage ! Hi Jill! 👋🏻👋🏻 I recommend @Cinfhen @Reviewsbylola @emilyhaldi @Mdargusch @swishandflick @NCNY @LeahBergen You really can‘t go wrong at Litsy! Hope you love it here 😃👍🏻 6y
mrozzz Woohoo! Welcome @jillrhudy 🎉 And thanks for the tag @Jess7 😄💜 6y
alisiakae Welcome to Litsy!! Thanks for the tag @BarbaraTheBibliophage 6y
MrBook Welcome to the #LitsyFamily, @jillrhudy 😁👏🏻! Thank you for the tag, @BarbaraTheBibliophage , you wonderful Litten you! 6y
Mdargusch Hi @jillrhudy 👋🏼👋🏼👋🏼 and welcome! Thanks for the tag @Booksandcooks ❤️ 6y
swishandflick Welcome!! Hope you love it here as much as we do, it's a pretty awesome place to be 🤗 6y
LeahBergen Hello, @jillrhudy 👋🏻 and thanks for the tag, @Booksandcooks ! 😘 6y
BookaholicNatty Welcome @jillrhudy So glad you have joined us!!! This is such a a great community of book lovers! So glad to have you as a new friend!!! #LitsyWelcomeWagon ❤️📚 (edited) 6y
mrp27 Welcome to Litsy! This is a great place to be. 📚📚📚 6y
Chelleo Welcome 🤗 6y
TrishB Hi @jillrhudy 🙋 thanks @Jess7 6y
DivineDiana Glad you joined us @jillrhudy ! Thank you for thinking of me @BarbaraTheBibliophage ❤️ 6y
RaimeyGallant Hi Jill! Welcome! 6y
jillrhudy Hi Raimey! Thanks a bunch! 6y
LitsyWelcomeWagon Welcome to Litsy! 6y
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maidez_taider
Seven Gothic Tales | Isak Dinesen

"...while the book of the Father is given in the Old Testament, and that of the Son, in the New, the testament of the Third Person of the Trinity still remained to be written."--The Deluge at Norderney

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chowmeyow
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ferskner
Seven Gothic Tales | Isak Dinesen
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My #readinschool books come from my Masterpieces of Scandinavian Literature class in college. I'd been deeply in love with Denmark since I lived there in high school, but that semester taught me that I could STUDY it. Changed my life. #photoadaynov16 @RealLifeReading

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Lise
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A rainy day is perfect for one of my all-time favourites. Dinesen's stories are so perfectly poetic and intriguing, and every page has a sentence that makes me gasp. My favourites in this volume are The Dreamers and Deluge at Norderney 👌🏼

Howardsimmons So far I've read The Monkey and The Chevalier. I'm really enjoying it! 8y
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