Ouida

British novelist (1839–1908)

Ouida was the pen name of the English writer Maria Louise Ramé (although she preferred to be known as Marie Louise de la Ramée). Ramé was born in Bury St. Edmunds, England, to a French father and an English mother. Her pen name came from the way she pronounced her name when she was a child.

Maria Louise Ramé
Born(1839-01-01)1 January 1839
Bury St. Edmunds, England
Died25 January 1908(1908-01-25) (aged 69)
Viareggio, Italy
Pen nameOuida
Occupationnovelist
NationalityFrench-English
Period1863–1908

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  • Two Little Wooden Shoes (1874)
  • Afternoon (1883)
  • An Altruist (1897)
  • Ariadne (1877)
  • Beatrice Boville and Other Stories (1868)
  • Bimbi: Stories for Children (1882)
  • Cecil Castlemaine's Gage (1867)
  • A Dog of Flanders (1872)
  • Chandos (1866)
  • Critical Studies (1900)
  • Dogs (1897)
  • Don Guesaldo (1886)
  • Frescoes: Dramatic Sketches (1883)
  • Friendship (1878)
  • Folle-Farine (1871)
  • Guilderoy (1889)
  • Helianthus (1908)
  • Held in Bondage (1863)
  • A House Party (1887)
  • The Silver Christ and A Lemon Tree (1894)
  • Idalia (1867)
  • In a Winter City (1876)
  • In Maremma (1882)
  • La Strega and Other Stories (1899)
  • Le Selve and Other Tales (1896)
  • The Massarenes (1897)
  • Moths (1880)
  • Muriella; or, Le Selve (1897)
  • The New Priesthood: A Protest Against Vivisection (1893)
  • Othmar (1885)
  • Pascarel (1874)
  • Pipistrello and Other Stories (1880)
  • Princess Napraxine (1884)
  • Puck (1870)
  • A Rainy June (1885)
  • Ruffino and Other Stories (1890)
  • Santa Barbara and Other Stories (1891)
  • Signa (1875)
  • The Silver Christ (1894)
  • Strathmore (1865)
  • Street Dust and Other Stories (1901)
  • Syrlin (1890)
  • The Tower of Taddeo (1892)
  • Toxin (1895)
  • Tricotrin (1869)
  • Two Offenders and Other Tales (1894)
  • Under Two Flags (1867)
  • Views and Opinions (1895)
  • A Village Commune (1881)
  • Wanda (1883)
  • The Waters of Edera (1900)

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