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Karen Blixen
In 1935 a book was published in Denmark that caused quite a sensation
and
was greeted with both enthusiasm and indignation. The book was Syv
fantastiske
Fortoellinger by Karen Blixen, which had met with great success following
publication in the USA and England the previous year as Seven Gothic
Tales.
The author found one of the Danish reviews particularly hurtful,
for it
seemed to her to show that her fellow countrymen neither understood
nor cared
about her. Sometimes when bitterness overcame her she would show this
article
to friends and acquaintances, one of whom has reported that as late
as 1948
when her reputation had long been assured she ...