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Letters from Africa, 1914-1931

by Karen Blixen · 1931

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These letters, written between 1914 and 1931, were sent by Karen Blixen from her coffee farm in British East Africa, now Kenya. She wrote mainly to her family back in Denmark, and her letters describe the daily work of running the farm, the land and its seasons, and the people who worked and lived around her. They also record the hopes she placed in the venture and the hardships that gradually wore them down. Over these years her life moved through love, loss and financial strain, and the correspondence shows the shifting world she came to know. The collection gives a personal, unguarded picture of colonial life in Africa between the wars.

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biographybiographyMore like thisLess of thishistoryhistoryMore like thisLess of thismemoirmemoirMore like thisLess of thistraveltravelMore like thisLess of this
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20th century20th centuryMore like thisLess of thisAfricaAfricaMore like thisLess of thisKenyaKenyaMore like thisLess of this
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adult
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long · 516 pages
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