Out of Africa by Isak Dinesen, Karen Blixen

Out of Africa

Isak Dinesen, Karen Blixen

336 pages first pub 1937 (editions)

nonfiction classics memoir emotional reflective slow-paced
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In 1914 Karen Blixen arrived in Kenya with her husband to run a coffee farm. Instantly drawn to the land, she spent her happiest years there until the plantation failed. Karen Blixen was forced to return to Denmark in 1931 and it was there that sh...

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Moods

reflective 81%
adventurous 55%
emotional 40%
informative 39%
inspiring 27%
sad 18%
relaxing 17%
challenging 12%
funny 9%
lighthearted 9%
hopeful 8%
dark 6%
mysterious 4%
tense 1%

Pace

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medium 34%
fast 6%

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