In this two part video, from late in her life, Karen Blixen (Isak Dinesen) tells "The King's Letter", a story published in the book Shadows on the Grass. Here is a 1961 review of that book from Time Magazine.
In addition to being one of the greatest short story writers of all time, she was probably the last living writer with premodern sensibilities. Living until 1962, she was something of an ambassador from the past to the present.
The video starts with a famous photograph from her 1959 trip to the United States. The luncheon pictured was hosted by Carson McCullers so the Baroness could me Marilyn Monroe.
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