In a story by this author, Timon of Assens is told that salt water in the form of sweat, tears, or sea is the “cure for everything” after learning that his singing is only popular because he’s a baron’s illegitimate son. In a story by this author, lessons at the “yellow house” are canceled after a teacher singing the “seduction duet” kisses his pupil. The title character of a story by this author says that her heart cries out, “Give me leave to do my utmost!” after explaining that “a great artist, Madame, is never poor.” In a story by this author, the singer Jonathan weds Countess Calypso in a hayloft. In another story by this author, the opera star Achille Papin (“ah-SHEEL pa-PAN”) sends two sisters a chef who uses her lottery prize to give them a lavish dinner. For 10 points, “Deluge at Norderney” is one of the Seven Gothic Tales of what author of “Babette’s Feast”? ■END■
ANSWER: Isak Dinesen (“DIN-uh-sen”) [or Karen Blixen]
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