Ramée, Louise de la (Ouida)
- Ramée, Louise de la (Ouida)
(1840?-1908)
Novelist, b. at Bury St. Edmunds, dau. of an English f. and a French mother. For many years she lived in London, but about 1874 she went to Italy, where she d. She wrote over 40 novels, which had considerable popularity. Among the best known of them are Under Two Flags, Puck, Two Little Wooden Shoes, In a Winter City, In Maremma. She also wrote a book of stories for children, Bimbi. Occasionally she shows considerable power, but on the whole her writings have an unhealthy tone, want reality, and are not likely to have any permanent place in literature.
Short biographical dictionary of English literature .
John W. Cousin.
2011.
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Ouida — (spr. ŭ ídá), Pseudonym, s. Ramée, Louise de la … Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon
ramee — noun tall perennial herb of tropical Asia with dark green leaves; cultivated for the fiber from its woody stems that resembles flax • Syn: ↑ramie, ↑Chinese silk plant, ↑China grass, ↑Boehmeria nivea • Hypernyms: ↑false nettle, ↑bog hemp … Useful english dictionary
Ramée — /reuh may /, n. Louise de la ( Ouida ), 1839 1908, English novelist. * * * … Universalium
Ouida — see Ramée, Louise de la … Short biographical dictionary of English literature
Ramee — Ramée ist der Familienname folgender Personen: Joseph Ramée (1764–1842), französischer Architekt Marie Louise de la Ramée (1839–1908), britische Schriftstellerin Pierre de la Rameé (1515–1572), französischer Philosoph und Humanist Ramée ist der… … Deutsch Wikipedia
Ouida — /wee deuh/, n. 1. pen name of Louise de la Ramée. 2. a female given name. * * * orig. Maria Louise Ramé or Maria Louise de la Ramée born Jan. 1, 1839, Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk, Eng. died Jan. 25, 1908, Viareggio, Italy English novelist. Among… … Universalium
Ouida — Maria Louise Ramé Born 1 January 1839(1839 01 01) Bury St. Edmunds, England Died 25 January 1908(1908 01 25) (aged 69) … Wikipedia
Ouida — Visitenkartenporträt von Ouida Ouida, eigentlich Maria Louise [de la] Ramée, manchmal auch in der Schreibweise Oui´da, (* 1. Januar 1839 in Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, England; † 25. Januar 1908 in Viareggio, Italien) war eine brit … Deutsch Wikipedia
Ramée — /ræˈmeɪ/ (say ra may) noun Marie Louise de la (born Maria Louise Ramé), 1839–1908, English novelist, writing under the pen name Ouida ; author of Under Two Flags (1867), and Moths (1880) …
Ouida — biographical name see Marie Louise de la ramee … New Collegiate Dictionary
