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Ouida

Born

in Bury St. Edmunds, England, The United Kingdom

January 01, 1839

Died

January 25, 1908

Genre

Literature & Fiction, Children's Books

Influences

Lord Byron

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Ouida was the pen name of the English novelist Maria Louise Ramé (although she preferred to be known as Marie Louise de la Ramée).

During her career, she wrote more than 40 novels, children's books and collections of short stories and essays. She was an animal rights activist and animal rescuer, and at times owned as many as thirty dogs. For many years she lived in London, but about 1874 she went to Italy, where she died.

Ouida's work went through several phases during her career. In her early period, her novels were a hybrid of the sensationalism of the 1860s and the proto-adventure novels dubbed "muscular fiction" that were emerging in part as a romanticization of imperial expansion. Later her work was more along the lines of historical rom ...more

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Average rating: 4.06 · 1,667 ratings · 342 reviews · 418 distinct works • Similar authors

	A Dog of Flanders by Ouida, Bob Blaisdell 4.11 avg rating — 1,091 ratings — published 1872 — 202 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Under Two Flags: A Story of the Household and the Desert by Ouida, John Sutherland (Introduction) 3.81 avg rating — 89 ratings — published 1867 — 168 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Moths by Ouida, Natalie Schroeder 3.89 avg rating — 53 ratings — published 1880 — 54 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Nurnberg Stove 3.92 avg rating — 37 ratings — published 2004 — 107 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Dog of Flanders and Other Stories 3.88 avg rating — 32 ratings — published 1965 — 31 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Nello 4.57 avg rating — 21 ratings — published 2007	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Signa 4.77 avg rating — 13 ratings — published 1889 — 59 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	In Maremma by Ouida, Natalie Schroeder (Editor) 3.77 avg rating — 13 ratings — published 1882 — 20 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Massarenes 4.18 avg rating — 11 ratings — published 2011 — 45 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Bébée 4.18 avg rating — 11 ratings — published 2007 — 102 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“Intensely selfish people are always very decided as to what they wish. They do not waste their energies in considering the good of others.”
― Ouida, Wanda, Countess von Szalras.

tags: consideration, selfishness

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“I do not wish to be a coward like the father of mankind and throw the blame upon a woman.”
― Ouida, Wanda, Countess von Szalras.

tags: adam-and-eve, cowardice, men, women

49 likes

“Woman's fatal weakness is to desire sympathy and comprehension.
--"Wanda”
― Ouida

tags: comprehension, sympathy, weakness, women

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