Anecdotes of Destiny

First US edition

Anecdotes of Destiny is a collection of stories by Danish author Karen Blixen. It was the last work put out during Karen Blixen's lifetime; it was published in Denmark on October 12, 1958.

Two of the stories from the collection have been adapted into films: "The Immortal Story" as the 1968 film The Immortal Story (directed by Orson Welles), and "Babette's Feast" as the 1987 Danish film Babette's Feast (directed by Gabriel Axel).

The collection was re-published in 1993 by the Vintage Books imprint, combined with Blixen's novella Ehrengard, under the title Anecdotes of Destiny and Ehrengard.

Works by Karen Blixen

Short story collections	Seven Gothic Tales (1934) Anecdotes of Destiny (1958)

Other writings	Out of Africa (1937)

Film adaptations	The Immortal Story (1968) Ehrengard (1982) The Dreamers (1982, unfinished) Out of Africa (1985) Babette's Feast (1987)

People	Thomas Dinesen (brother) Bror von Blixen-Finecke (husband) Denys Finch Hatton (partner)

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