Physical description

Hard cover book. Bimbi
Author: Ouida/Marie Louise de la Ramée
Publisher: George Robertson
Date: 1882
Further Information: Light Blue 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

Bimbi is a collection of children's stories and a lesser-known side of Ouida's output. The opening story, 'The Nurnberg Stove', is set in a snowy Tyrolean town, where a poor family of children huddles around a big, warm stove. It follows a boy, August, who is devoted to a magnificent heirloom stove made by the potter Hirschvogel. When his father is forced to sell it, August hides inside it for the journey. The story explores poverty, family bonds and childhood courage. Other stories in the collection include 'The Ambitious Rose-Tree', 'Lampblack', 'The Child of Urbino' and 'Findelkind'.