In a story by this author, Philippa tells the title character “Ah, how you will enchant the angels!” after she prepares a meal. For 10 points each:
[10m] Name this author of “Babette’s Feast,” who also wrote about her time on a Kenyan farm in a 1937 memoir.
ANSWER: Isak Dinesen [or Karen Blixen; or Baroness Karen von Blixen-Finecke] (The memoir is Out of Africa.)
[10h] In “Babette’s Feast,” Philippa and her sister are surprised that Babette intends to continue living with her despite this event a few weeks earlier, which only occurs thanks to an annual action of Babette’s old Parisian friend.
ANSWER: winning the lottery [prompt on winning money or receiving a windfall with “She receives money due to what event?”]
[10e] Dinesen’s other short fiction includes a set of seven “Tales” titled in English for this genre, which is characterized by spooky old castles, supernatural figures, and horror-laden deaths.
ANSWER: Gothic fiction [accept Seven Gothic Tales; accept Syv Fantastiske Fortællinger]
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