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What books are Dinesen best known for?

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Dinesen is best known for her tales many of which have eerie supernatural elements. Her works include Seven Gothic Tales (1934) Winter's Tales (1943) Last Tales (1957) and Anecdotes of Destiny (1958). Writing despite severe illness Dinesen finished the African sketches Shadows on the Grass in 1960.

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