OUIDA  , the See also:

• PEN (Lat. penna, a feather, pen)

pen name—derived from a childish See also:

• ATTEMPT (Lat. adtemptare, attentare, to try)

attempt to pronounce " Louisa "—of Maria See also:

• LOUISE [AUGUSTE WILHELMINE AMALIE LUISE] (1776-1810)

Louise [de la] Ramee (1839-1908), See also:

• ENGLISH

English novelist, See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born at See also:

• BURY
• BURY, JOHN BAGNELL (1861- )

Bury St See also:

• EDMUNDS, GEORGE FRANKLIN (1828– )

Edmunds, where her See also:

• BIRTH (a word common in various forms to Teutonic languages from the root of the verb " to bear ")

birth was registered on the 7th of See also:

• JANUARY

January 1839 . Her See also:

• FATHER

father, See also:

• LOUIS
• LOUIS (804–876)
• LOUIS (893–911)
• LOUIS, JOSEPH DOMINIQUE, BARON (1755-1837)
• LOUIS, or LEWIS (from the Frankish Chlodowich, Chlodwig, Latinized as Chlodowius, Lodhuwicus, Lodhuvicus, whence-in the Strassburg oath of 842-0. Fr. Lodhuwigs, then Chlovis, Loys and later Louis, whence Span. Luiz and—through the Angevin kings—Hungarian

Louis Ramee, was See also:

• FRENCH
• FRENCH, DANIEL CHESTER (1850– )
• FRENCH, NICHOLAS (1604-1678)

French, and her See also:

• MOTHER

mother, Susan See also:

• SUTTON
• SUTTON, SIR RICHARD (d. c. 1524)
• SUTTON, THOMAS (c. 1532—1611)

Sutton, English . At an See also:

• EARLY
• EARLY, JUBAL ANDERSON (1816-1894)

early See also:

• AGE (Fr. age, through late Lat. aetaticum, from aetas)

age she went to live in See also:

• LONDON

London, and there began to contribute to the New Monthly and See also:

• BENTLEY, RICHARD (1662-1742)
• BENTLEY, RICHARD (1794-1871)

Bentley's See also:

• MAGAZINE

Magazine . In 186o her first See also:

• STORY, JOHN (c. 1510-1571)
• STORY, JOSEPH (1779-1845)
• STORY, ROBERT HERBERT (1835-1907)
• STORY, WILLIAM WETMORE (1819—1895)

story, afterwards republished as Held in Bondage (1863), appeared in the New Monthly under the See also:

• TITLE (0. Fr. title, mod. titre, from Lat. titulus)

title of See also:

• GRANVILLE
• GRANVILLE, GRANVILLE
• GRANVILLE, JOHN CARTERET, EARL (1690-1763)

Granville de See also:

• VIGNE, PAUL DE (1843-1901)

Vigne, and this was followed in See also:

• QUICK

quick See also:

• SUCCESSION (Lat. successio, from succedere, to follow after)

succession by Strathmore (1865), See also:

• CHANDOS, BARONS AND DUKES OF
• CHANDOS, SIR JOHN (?-137o)

Chandos (1866) and Under Two Flags (1867) . The See also:

• LIST (O.E. lisle, a Teutonic word, cf. Dut. lust, Ger. Leiste, adapted in Ital. lista and Fr. lisle)
• LIST, FRIEDRICH (1789-1846)

list of Ouida's subsequent See also:

• WORKS

works is a very See also:

• LONG, GEORGE (1800-1879)
• LONG, JOHN DAVIS (1838– )

long one; but it is sufficient to say that, together with Moths (188o), those already named are not only the most characteristic, but also the best . In a less dramatic genre, her Bimbi: Stories for See also:

• CHILDREN, LAW RELATING TO

Children (1882) may also be mentioned; but it was by her more flamboyant stories, such as Under Two Flags and Moths, that her popular success was achieved . By purely See also:

• LITERARY

literary critics and on grounds of morality or See also:

• TASTE (from Lat. taxare, to touch sharply; tangere, to touch)

taste Ouida's novels may be condemned . They are generally flashy, and frequently unwholesome . It is impossible, however, to dismiss books like Chandos and Under Two Flags merely on such grounds . The emphasis given by Ouida to motives of sensual See also:

• PASSION (post-classical Lat. passio, formed from pati, passus, to suffer, endure)

passion was combined in her with an See also:

• ORIGINAL

original See also:

• GIFT (a common Teutonic word, cf. Ger. die Gift, gift, das Gift, poison, formed from the Teut. stem gab-, to give, cf. Dutch geven, Ger. geben; in O. Eng. the word appears with initial y, the guttural of later English is due to Scandinavian influence)

gift for situation and See also:

• PLOT
• PLOT, ROBERT (164o-1696)

plot, and also with genuine descriptive See also:

• POWERS, HIRAM (1805-1873)

powers which, though disfigured by inaccurate observation, literary solecisms and See also:

• TAWDRY

tawdry extravagance, enabled her at her best to construct a picturesque and powerful story . The See also:

• CHARACTER (Gr. xapareri7p, from xap&crew, to scratch)

character of " Cigarette " in Under Two Flags is full of See also:

• FINE

fine touches, and this is not an isolated instance . In 1874 Ouida made her See also:

• HOME
• HOME, DANIEL DUNGLAS (1833-1886)
• HOME, EARLS OF

home in See also:

• FLORENCE
• FLORENCE (Ital. Firenze, Lat. Florentia)

Florence, and many of her later novels have an See also:

• ITALIAN

Italian setting .

She contributed from See also:

• TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
• TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
• TIME, STANDARD

time to time to the magazines, and wrote vigorously on behalf of See also:

• ANTI, or CAMPA

anti-See also:

• VIVISECTION

vivisection and on Italian politics; but her views on these subjects were marked by characteristic violence and lack of See also:

• JUDGMENT

judgment . She had made a See also:

• GREAT

great See also:

• DEAL

deal of See also:

• MONEY

money by her earlier books, but had spent it without thought for the morrow; and though in 1907 she was awarded a See also:

• CIVIL

Civil List See also:

• PENSION (Lat. pensio, a payment, from pendere, to weigh, to pay)

pension, she died at See also:

• VIAREGGIO

Viareggio in poverty on the 25th of January 1908 .