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"These tales are a modern refinement of German romanticism. ...They are peopled, or haunted, by ghosts of a past age, voluptuaries dreaming of the singers and ballerinas of the operas of Mozart and Gluck, young men who are too melancholy to enjoy love or too perverse to profit by it, maidens dedicated to chastity and others hopeful of a gentlemanly seduction; their generally fantastic adventures are exquisitely played."
-- The New York Times
"[Seven Gothic Tales is] in that special realm in which artistry is more real than reality" -- Time
-- The New York Times
"[Seven Gothic Tales is] in that special realm in which artistry is more real than reality" -- Time
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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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5.0 out of 5 stars
Weird & Wonderful, a journey to another world next door...,
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This review is from: Seven Gothic Tales (Paperback)
Such melancholy has been portrayed in these stories, so dark, yet exquisitely sweet. The characterisation is incredible, I could feel the emotions of the characters - loss, frustration, hope and fear as I read, the mood of the book enveloped me. The tales are almost timeless, set in a dark and dreary Europe, moving slowly yet they were not laborious, rather they were sensual. I would recommend this book to anyone who wants to curl up by a fire, in the middle of winter, and wants to be alternately delighted and dismayed.
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beatiful and haunting,
By A Customer
This review is from: Seven Gothic Tales (Hardcover)
I loved these stories by an expert storyteller. The way she wove tales inside tales, intertwined and yet clear is simply amazing. There was definitely a mystical side to these stories that left me spellbound. I cannot reccommend this book enough.
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Never forget the abbess and the monkey...,
By boeanthropist "Philip Welsh" (Cambridge, MA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Seven Gothic Tales (Paperback)
If only the fiction writers of the moment displayed as much generosity towards their readers as the Baroness Blixen did, there might be more freshman efforts out there as satisfying and enriching as this. She shared so much of herself in nearly everything she wrote -- a deep, respectful love of literature, of the odd folk of the remoter corners of the world, of Europe's waning aristos, and always with that supremely ironic fundament to her character: one foot (bare) wriggling its toes in the Id's squishy mud, and the other (impeccably shod) pacing the red carpet. "The Dreamer" is especially memorable.
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