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Seven Gothic Tales ved midnatstid får den sørgendeRomantics, adventurers, sensualists, melancholics and dreamers inhabit the bizarre and exotic world conjured up in these seven intricately interwoven tales, whose settings range from Tuscany and Elsinore, to a dhow on its way from Lamu to Zanzibar. Proclaimed a masterpiece on its publication in 1934, this collection by Karen Blixen is shot through with themes of love and desire from the maiden lady who now believes herself to have been the grand