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Zirkoff, Boris

Ramée, Louise de la (pseud. "Ouida") (1839-1908). English novelist, b. at Bury St. Edmunds, Jan. 1, 1839; d. at Viareggio, Jan. 25, 1908. Father was Louis Ramé. She was a precocious child who early formed habit of reading and writing; after attending local school, went to study in Paris. Father disappeared after a while, and she returned to England with her mother. Her temperament was very emotional, with vivid, flamboyant imagination. Later in life she went to Florence, where she lived in grand style, until her money gave out. She also lived in Lucca, 1894, and was eventually buried there. She was difficult to deal with, and publishers found her often insulting. At first she contributed to Bentley Miscellany, 1860; her first real success as a writer came with her Held in Bondage (1863) and Chandos (1866); Under Two Flags (1867) was her most popular novel. She also wrote The Nürnberg Stove and A Dog of Flanders.

Source: Boris de Zirkoff, «H. P. Blavatsky Collected Writings», vol. 8, p. 473

Ouida. See Ramée, Louise de la.

Source: Boris de Zirkoff, «H. P. Blavatsky Collected Writings», vol. 8, p. 471