Dinesen's best known work, Out of Africa, was published only three years later firmly establishing her reputation.
The jacket of this edition, depicting a dramatic landscape within a Gothic architectural border, was designed by the prominent British artist Rex Whistler (1905-1944). She began drafting Seven Gothic Tales in English while still living in Kenya, eventually seeking publication as a means of alleviating her financial crises, as the English-language book market was much larger than the Danish.
Originally published in America a few months earlier, this collection of short enigmatic stories became instantly popular and a Danish translation by the author appeared in print the following year.Īs a student, Dinesen had already published a number of tales in Danish under the pseudonym Osceola. First UK edition, first impression, of the author's first book, in an exceptionally bright and sharp example of the jacket.
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