OUIDA (Louise de la Ramee, 1839-1908, Author)

Autograph Letter Signed to "Mrs Thornton (or Diana?)" saying that she is "as you left me. i have good nights but am so weak in morning. The weather is beautiful ... the girl is betrothed to Blackmer who is immensely rich, through gold mines ... I miss your pleasant presence & thank you much for all your kindness ..." with a postscript on the verso that she should go and "see Comtesse P. but don't speak of affairs to her. She is not that sort of woman" with another letter written on the blank side sending the letter on "as it may amuse you to see O's writing ...", 3 sides 8vo., no place, no date

'Ouida' was born at Bury St. Edmunds of an English mother and French father, who encouraged her in reading history, liberal politics, Balzac and Stendhal. She wrote 'Held in Bondage', 1863, 'Under Two Flags', 1867, melodramatic tales of love and intrigue, and novels such as 'Moths', 1880, and 'A Village Commune', 1881, on social questions. From 1871 she lived in her beloved Florence.

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Stock No:  39867      £150

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