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In a story by this author, a man onboard a dhow recounts chasing a woman through a snowstorm in the Alps with the nobleman Pilot and a Swedish baron. In that story by this author, a revolutionary milliner, the monarchist Madame Rosalba, and an Englishman’s lover Olalla all turn out to be the opera singer Pellegrina Leoni. This author of “The Dreamers” wrote a story in which a woman recounts the tale of a countess (10[1])raised in an all-male abbey and a cardinal is revealed to be a disguised valet. In that story by this author, Miss Malin Nat-og-Dag and Jonathan Maersk tell stories while trapped in a granary during a storm. In another story by this author, Martine and Philippa learn that the title cook spent her lottery winnings on a lavish meal. (10[1])For (10[1])10 points, name this Danish author of “The Deluge (10[1])at Norderney” (10[1])and “Babette’s Feast.” ■END■

ANSWER: Isak Dinesen [or Karen Blixen]
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