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Park women, properly so called, are those degraded creatures, utterly lost to all sense of shame, who wander about the paths most frequented after nightfall in the Parks, and consent to any species of humiliation for the sake of acquiring a few shillings
Karen Blixen
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Born: April 17, 1885
Died: September 7, 1962 (aged 77)
Bio: Baroness Karen von Blixen-Finecke, née Karen Christenze Dinesen, was a Danish author, also known by the pen name Isak Dinesen, who wrote works in Danish, French and English.
Known for:
- Out of Africa (1937)
- Seven Gothic Tales (1934)
- Shadows of the Grass (1960)
- Anecdotes of Destiny (1957)
- Babette's Feast (1950)
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