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Product Description: Two contrasting stories - The Necklace is a story of vanity, of two lives blighted by the loss of a diamond necklace, whilst The Pearls is the story of love and fear; both authors use the symbolism of jewels to illustrate the human condition...read more

Paperback:

9781901285260 | Pushkin Pr Ltd, September 1, 2001, cover price $12.00 | About this edition: Two contrasting stories - The Necklace is a story of vanity, of two lives blighted by the loss of a diamond necklace, whilst The Pearls is the story of love and fear; both authors use the symbolism of jewels to illustrate the human condition.

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Hardcover:

9789681680763 | Fondo De Cultura Economica USA, October 30, 2008, cover price $11.95

Presents Dinesen's compelling account of the fifteen years she spent managing a coffee plantation in colonial East Africa and four sketches that evoke the land and the people of her beloved Africa

Hardcover:

9780816141814 | Large print edition (G K Hall & Co, December 1, 1986), cover price $19.95 | About this edition: Presents Dinesen's compelling account of the fifteen years she spent managing a coffee plantation in colonial East Africa and four sketches that evoke the land and the people of her beloved Africa

Paperback:

9780679724759 | Reissue edition (Vintage Books, October 1, 1989), cover price $15.95 | About this edition: In describing her experiences managing a coffee plantation in Kenya, the author provides insights into the nature of African life
9780816141821 | Large print edition (G K Hall & Co, December 1, 1986), cover price $12.95 | About this edition: Presents Dinesen's compelling account of the fifteen years she spent managing a coffee plantation in colonial East Africa and four sketches that evoke the land and the people of her beloved Africa

Prebinding:

9781439514214 | Reprint edition (Paw Prints, July 10, 2008), cover price $23.95

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In describing her experiences managing a coffee plantation in Kenya, the author provides insight into the nature of African life. Reissue. 10,000 first printing.

Hardcover:

9780375508455 | Reissue edition (Random House Inc, September 1, 2002), cover price $22.00 | About this edition: In describing her experiences managing a coffee plantation in Kenya, the author provides insight into the nature of African life.
9780899684444 | Lightyear Pr, June 1, 1993, cover price $18.95 | About this edition: In this book, the author of Seven Gothic Tales gives a true account of her life on her plantation in Kenya.
9780679600213 | Reprint edition (Modern Library, September 1, 1992), cover price $23.00 | About this edition: In describing her experiences managing a coffee plantation in Kenya, the author provides insight into the nature of African life
9780517565094 | Subsequent edition (Crown Pub, February 1, 1987), cover price $24.95 | About this edition: Recounts the author's life as a homesteader in Kenya during the early part of the twentieth century

Paperback:

9780394717401 | Alfred a Knopf Inc, April 1, 1972, cover price $4.95 | About this edition: In describing her experiences managing a coffee plantation in Kenya, the author provides insight into the nature of African life

Cassette/Spoken Word:

9780886901349 | Audio Partners, February 1, 1988, cover price $15.95

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Hardcover:

9788479017682 | Rba Publicaciones Editores revistas, June 1, 2001, cover price $23.99

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Product Description: To Soar with Eagles is a collection of letters, anecdotes and conversations spanning the ten-year period of a unique relationship between the world famous Danish author Isak Dinesen (Baroness Karen Blixen) and the young African American musician Eugene Haynes...read more

Paperback:

9780738848648 | Xlibris Corp, December 1, 2000, cover price $21.99 | About this edition: To Soar with Eagles is a collection of letters, anecdotes and conversations spanning the ten-year period of a unique relationship between the world famous Danish author Isak Dinesen (Baroness Karen Blixen) and the young African American musician Eugene Haynes.

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Paperback:

9780962798788 | Reissue edition (Turtle Point Pr, May 1, 1998), cover price $12.95

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Product Description: This collection includes the audio version of Out of Africa, read by Julie Harris, that has sold 31,000 copies. Actress Colleen Dewhurst performs Babette's Feast and Dinesen herself reads The King's Letter and The Wine of the Tetrarch from her only known recording.

Cassette/Spoken Word:

9781572700291 | Audio Partners, January 1, 1997, cover price $29.95 | About this edition: This collection includes the audio version of Out of Africa, read by Julie Harris, that has sold 31,000 copies.

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An anthology of seven suspenseful stories in nineteenth-century settings

Hardcover:

9780679600862 | Reprint edition (Modern Library, March 1, 1994), cover price $17.50 | About this edition: An anthology of seven suspenseful stories in nineteenth-century settings

Paperback:

9780679736417 | Reprint edition (Vintage Books, December 1, 1991), cover price $16.00 | About this edition: Seven short fantasies set in the nineteenth century explore the psychological dimensions of familiar landscapes and human experiences

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Tells the stories of Lady Ehrengard's affair with an eccentric portrait painter and five people in the past who are caught up in their own peculiar fates

Paperback:

9780679743330 | Reissue edition (Vintage Books, July 1, 1993), cover price $16.00 | About this edition: Tells the stories of Lady Ehrengard's affair with an eccentric portrait painter and five people in the past who are caught up in their own peculiar fates

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Tells the stories of a struggling author, Danish country life, a brave Frenchwoman, a young sailor, a young married couple, a dreamer, and a wealthy child

Hardcover:

9780226152998 | Univ of Chicago Pr, December 1, 1975, cover price $12.95
9780836940039 | Ayer Co Pub, June 1, 1942, cover price $19.95

Paperback:

9780679743347 | Reissue edition (Vintage Books, July 1, 1993), cover price $16.00 | About this edition: Tells the stories of a struggling author, Danish country life, a brave Frenchwoman, a young sailor, a young married couple, a dreamer, and a wealthy child
9780394702056 | Random House Inc, June 1, 1961, cover price $10.00 | About this edition: 11 short stories with entertaining and elaborate plots by the Danish writer

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Hardcover:

9780226152981 | Univ of Chicago Pr, December 1, 1975, cover price $12.95

Paperback:

9780679736400 | Reprint edition (Vintage Books, December 1, 1991), cover price $16.95

Product Description: Works that inspired two Academy Award-winning films, these readings include Out of Africa, Babette's Feast and Isak Dinesen Herself. 5 cassettes.

Cassette/Spoken Word:

9780945353287 | Gift edition (Audio Partners, September 1, 1988), cover price $34.95 | About this edition: Works that inspired two Academy Award-winning films, these readings include Out of Africa, Babette's Feast and Isak Dinesen Herself.

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Product Description: "Through all the world there goes one long cry from the heart of the artist: Give me leave to do my utmost." So writes Isak Dinesen in "Babette's Feast" as she spins a tale of friendship's ultimate sacrifice and the deepest values of life...read more
By Colleen Dewhurst (contributor) and Isak Dinesen

Cassette/Spoken Word:

9780945353157 | Audio Partners, June 1, 1988, cover price $15.95 | About this edition: "Through all the world there goes one long cry from the heart of the artist: Give me leave to do my utmost.

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Product Description: In the classic “Babette’s Feast,” a mysterious Frenchwoman prepares sumptuous feast for a gathering of religious ascetics and, in doing so, introduces them to the true essence of grace. In “The Immortal Story,” a miserly old tea-trader living in Canton wishes for power and finds redemption as he turns an oft-told sailors’ tale into reality for a young man and woman...read more

Paperback:

9780394759296 | Alfred a Knopf Inc, February 1, 1988, cover price $13.00 | About this edition: In the classic “Babette’s Feast,” a mysterious Frenchwoman prepares sumptuous feast for a gathering of religious ascetics and, in doing so, introduces them to the true essence of grace.

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Drawing on her own experiences, the author speculates on the meaning of marriage and the relationship between human love and modern marriage

Hardcover:

9780312584436 | St Martins Pr, October 1, 1986, cover price $12.95 | also contains 5 Fingers | About this edition: Drawing on her own experiences, the author speculates on the meaning of marriage and the relationship between human love and modern marriage

Paperback:

9780312010744, titled "On Modern Marriage and Other Observations" | 1 edition (St Martins Pr, September 1, 1987), cover price $7.95 | About this edition: Drawing on her own experiences, the author speculates on the meaning of marriage and the relationship between human love and modern marriage

A portrait of the rarely seen land of East Africa

Hardcover:

9780517632154 | Outlet, January 1, 1987, cover price $14.99
9780871568212 | Sierra Club Books, October 1, 1985, cover price $35.00 | About this edition: A portrait of the rarely seen land of East Africa

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Cassette/Spoken Word:

9780898456448 | Caedmon Audio Cassette, September 1, 1986, cover price $9.95

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The author reflects upon her personal experiences in Africa, providing insight into the land and people she came to know and respect

Paperback:

9788420428048 | Lectorum Pubns, January 1, 1986, cover price $8.50 | About this edition: The author reflects upon her personal experiences in Africa, providing insight into the land and people she came to know and respect

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