Physical description

Hard cover book. Folle-Farine
Author: Ouida/Marie Louise de la Ramée
Publisher: George Robertson
Date: 1873
Further Information: Red Cloth hardcover with lettering and patterning to spine in black. The spine has a Library label with an inscription.

Publication type

fiction

Inscriptions & markings

The label on the spine with typed text PAT 823 OUI
Paste down front end paper has a sticker from Warrnambool Public Library covered by a sticker from Corangamite Regional Library Service. Front loose end paper has a stamp from Corangamite Regional Library Service
The Flyleaf has the name "Louise Ranie" written in blue ink.

Summary

Folle-Farine is the child of Reine, who fled her father, Claudis, to live among Gypsies and died giving birth. Claudis, a miller, resents the child and makes her a slave at his mill. The townspeople treat her with the same contempt, but she resists. She then meets a starving painter living in a tower, helps him and falls in love with him, but he cares only about his art. In the novel, she sells her body so that her beloved can become famous. He is so egotistical that he barely notices what it costs her, and the story ends tragically.