Order of Karen Blixen Books

Karen Blixen (1885-1962) was a Danish author of gothic fiction and non-fiction books. Karen grew up in a wealthy family in Rungsted, Denmark – the daughter of a writer/army officer whose adventurous spirit helped cultivate Karen’s creativity. Her work mixed elements of the supernatural, aestheticism and eroticism with an aristocratic view on life.

Karen Blixen’s first book to be published was the collection Seven Gothic Tales. Below is a list of Karen Blixen’s books in order of when they were first published:

Publication Order of Non-Fiction Books

Notes: The Angelic Avengers was written as Pierre Andrezel. Seven Gothic Tales, Winter’s Tales, Last Tales, Anecdotes of Destiny, Ehrengard, Carnival, and Babette’s Feast and Other Stories were written as Isak Dinsen.

If You Like Karen Blixen Books, You’ll Love…

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Karen Blixen Synopsis: The Angelic Avengers is a standalone novel by Karen Blixen (originally written as Pierre Andrezel). Lucan has been orphaned and Zosine has been deserted, and London is a hostile place for two young girls without a home. Bound together by poverty, grief and their shared years at school, they set out to make a future for themselves in new surroundings. They are adopted by the austere, puritanical Reverend Pennhallow and his wife, and in their large, gloomy house they become immersed in study. But, after a chain of disturbing events, it does not take long before they realize that the cleric and his wife are not all they seem to be…