Babette's Feast- Part I, I- VII, pp. 21-41 Summary

I. Martine and Phillipa are two sisters, both in their late 40s, who live in a coastal town on a fjord in Norway called Berlevaag. The sisters have a maid-in-waiting named Babette, who is a refugee from France. II. Martine's Lover - Martine, the oldest, first attracts an admirer at 18. The young officer Lorens Loewenhielm sees Martine in town and must see her again. Through his aunt, Lorens gets invited to the Dean's dinner table, but he has nothing to say to the lovely Martine. On the last day of his stay in Berlevaag, Lorens kisses Martine's hand and cries out in despair a farewell to her. The young officer forces himself to forget Martine, and soon marries a woman close to Queen Sophia.

III. Philippa's Lover - A...