Babette’s Feast
£9.99
Two elderly sisters living in a remote, God-fearing Norwegian community take in the mysterious French refugee Babette as a maid when she appears on their doorstep one night. When Babette wins the lottery, she decides to treat everyone to the decadent feast of a lifetime, during which her great secret is revealed.
Little Clothbound Classics: irresistible, mini editions of short stories, novellas and essays from the world’s greatest writers, designed by the award-winning Coralie Bickford-Smith.
Karen Blixen, author of the acclaimed memoir Out of Africa, was also a master of the short story form: her tales offer luminous meditations on rebirth and redemption, on the mystery and unexpectedness of human behaviour. Alongside ‘Babette’s Feast’, this selection also includes ‘Sorrow-Acre’, often thought to be one of her finest stories.
‘Tales as delicate as Venetian glass’, The New York Times
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