Book - Short Stories Collection, Ouida/Marie Louise de la Ramée, Frescoes, 1883

Physical description

Hard cover book. Frescoes
Author: Ouida/Marie Louise de la Ramée
Publisher: George Robertson
Date: 1883
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

Frescoes is a collection of dramatic sketches of short fiction by Ouida (Maria Louise Ramé, who preferred "Marie Louise de la Ramée"). The title story first appeared in serial form. The January magazine Belgravia carried the first portion of a three-part story by Ouida called "Frescoes." Ouida's usual territory is Italian settings, romance, and social drama. Her style and lack of moral preaching throughout her volumes made her books popular to Victorian readers.

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