Letters from Africa

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Letters from Africa is a collection of Isak Dinesen’s (Karen Blixen’s) personal letters that vividly chronicle her years living and running a coffee farm in colonial Kenya.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf book
collection of letters
author Isak Dinesen NERFINISHED
Karen Blixen NERFINISHED
correspondenceForm personal letters
private correspondence
countryOfOrigin Denmark NERFINISHED
depicts European settler society in Kenya
Karen Blixen’s life in Kenya
colonial administration in Kenya
operation of a coffee farm
documentType historical document
primary source on colonial Kenya
features accounts of farm management
descriptions of African landscapes
observations on African cultures
reflections on colonial society
genre autobiographical writing
epistolary literature
non-fiction
hasAlternativeName Breve fra Afrika
hasAuthorRealName Karen Christenze von Blixen-Finecke NERFINISHED
hasPerspective first-person narrative
language English
literaryMovement 20th-century Danish literature
mainSubject Kenya NERFINISHED
coffee farming
colonial Kenya
life in Africa
originalLanguage Danish
relatedWork Out of Africa NERFINISHED
Shadows on the Grass NERFINISHED
settingLocation British East Africa NERFINISHED
Ngong Hills NERFINISHED
near Nairobi
timePeriodCovered 1914–1931
writtenBy Karen Blixen NERFINISHED
writtenUnderPseudonym Isak Dinesen NERFINISHED

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