Our summer project was chose a book from a list of penguin classics, read it and then create 30 images drawn from life, so ten drawings under the headings 'places', 'characters' and 'objects'.
places:
Characters:
objects:
The book i chose was 'Babette's feast' which is a story about a religious community in Norway. It focuses on the lives of two sisters, partially on their earlier lives of past loves and then settles on a cold winters day, where a French refugee 'Babette' comes to their door. She has been sent by one of the sister's past lovers, on the basis that they are very good kind people. They agree to allow her to be their servant, Babette does her best to fit in with their very plain lifestyles, yet when she receives a letter informing of her win on the french lottery, to the sum of ten thousand francs, she pleads with them to let her cook a celebratory feast. The sisters become wary closer to the date over the questionable ingredients and so agree with one another to not speak a word about the food, so as not to overindulge in the luxury they will experience. When the guests and sister's are full, and everyone has left the sisters enquire as to when Babette will regrettably have to leave; Babette informs them that the dinner they experienced was to the value of 10,000 francs and so she would continue as they're servant in Norway instead of going back to Paris.
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