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Guard Always Your Honor: “Ehrengard,” Karen Blixen’s Last Tale

Ieva Steponavičiūtė Aleksiejūnienė, Jacob Bøggild and Ieva Toleikytė
Scandinavian Studies, September 2021, 93 (3) 303-328; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3368/sca.93.3.0303
Ieva Steponavičiūtė Aleksiejūnienė
Vilnius University
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University of Southern Denmark
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Vilnius University
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