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* BrokenBird and TooGoodForThisSinfulEarth: She had a lot of these. ''Literature/TwoLittleWoodenShoes'' had a sixteen-year-old girl literally named Baby (well, Bebée) living in innocent peace in a Belgian country town. An artist comes to paint it, and her, and she falls in love. He promises to return, but it's a lie. All he really wants is her portrait, which he exhibits in Paris and gets filthy rich. Hearing he's ill, she ''walks'' to Paris, only to find him recovered and having a great time in a DenOfIniquity. She returns home sick and delirious, and drowns herself [[BookEnds in the brook where she'd been found]] as an infant. It was made into a film and several [[{{Opera}} operas]] notably Mascagni's ''Lodoletta'', which sticks fairly to the book, and Edmund Missa's ''Muguette'', which has the artist's new model turn out to be an EthicalSlut (or at least a GoodBadGirl) who conspires with his friend to give the couple a HappyEnding. Ouida's friend Creator/MarieCorelli wrote another version of this tale, ''Literature/{{Innocent}}''.
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* BrokenBird and TooGoodForThisSinfulEarth: BrokenBird: She had a lot of these. ''Literature/TwoLittleWoodenShoes'' had a sixteen-year-old girl literally named Baby (well, Bebée) living in [[TooGoodForThisSinfulEarth innocent peace peace]] in a Belgian country town. An artist comes to paint it, and her, and she falls in love. He promises to return, but it's a lie. All he really wants is her portrait, which he exhibits in Paris and gets filthy rich. Hearing he's ill, she ''walks'' to Paris, only to find him recovered and having a great time in a DenOfIniquity. She returns home sick and delirious, and [[DrivenToSuicide drowns herself herself]] [[BookEnds in the brook where she'd been found]] as an infant. It was made into a film and several [[{{Opera}} operas]] notably Mascagni's ''Lodoletta'', which sticks fairly to the book, and Edmund Missa's ''Muguette'', which has the artist's new model turn out to be an EthicalSlut (or at least a GoodBadGirl) who conspires with his friend to give the couple a HappyEnding. Ouida's friend Creator/MarieCorelli wrote another version of this tale, ''Literature/{{Innocent}}''.
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* TheDandy and RealMenWearPink: Her male characters dress in beautiful clothes, frills, lace and perfume, and surround themselves with exquisite furnishings and art. The more heroic her guys are, the more likely they are to be this. This was much more than just dressing nicely (considered a sign of character and courtesy). This was [[AgentPeacock Kicking Ass In All His Finery]].
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* TheDandy and RealMenWearPink: TheDandy: Her male characters dress in beautiful clothes, frills, lace and perfume, and surround themselves with exquisite furnishings and art. The more heroic her guys are, the more likely they are to be this. This was much more than just dressing nicely (considered a sign of character and courtesy). This was [[AgentPeacock Kicking Ass In All His Finery]].
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[[caption-width-right:213:Ouida in 1874, age thirty-five. Photo by Adolphe Beau.]] Marie Louise de la Ramée, who wrote under the pen name ''Ouida'' (1 January 1839 – 25 January 1908), was an English novelist and essayist. She was extremely prolific and wrote many bestsellers, featuring thinly veiled portraits of high-class society, TearJerker tragedies, and thrilling adventure. She always said her main inspiration was Creator/LordByron. Her style was "aesthetic", considered a type of romance, like her friend Creator/OscarWilde. Many women, and some men, wrote in this style in Victorian times, but she was "Queen of the Circulating Libraries". Her books sold in the millions, funding her extravagant lifestyle and lush parties. Authors like Wilde, Creator/JackLondon, Creator/MarieCorelli, Sidonie-Gabrielle Colette, Creator/CharlottePerkinsGilman and Creator/MarjorieBowen owe some of their early inspiration to Ouida. London said he credited her book ''Signa'' for his own early enthusiasm for reading and literary success.
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[[caption-width-right:213:Ouida in 1874, age thirty-five. Photo by Adolphe Beau.]] Marie Louise de la Ramée, who wrote under the pen name ''Ouida'' (1 January 1839 – 25 January 1908), was an English novelist and essayist. She was extremely prolific and wrote many bestsellers, featuring thinly veiled portraits of high-class society, TearJerker tragedies, and thrilling adventure. She always said her main inspiration was Creator/LordByron. Her style was "aesthetic", considered a type of romance, like her friend Creator/OscarWilde. Many women, and some men, wrote in this style in Victorian times, but she was "Queen of the Circulating Libraries". Her books sold in the millions, funding her extravagant lifestyle and lush parties. Authors like Wilde, Creator/JackLondon, Creator/MarieCorelli, Sidonie-Gabrielle Colette, Creator/CharlottePerkinsGilman and Creator/MarjorieBowen owe some of their early inspiration to Ouida. London said he credited her book ''Signa'' ''Literature/{{Signa}}'' for his own early enthusiasm for reading and literary success.
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* ActionGirl: In ''Held In Bondage'', Alma has had a "masculine" education and taught she could earn her own living. When the snotty nobleman Vane Castleton (the names alone are worth the price of admission) kidnaps her away to his huge OldDarkHouse and does an AndNowYouMustMarryMe, she's less frightened than ''pissed'', and responds to him with "fiery scorn" before ''jumping out a window'' and escaping.
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* BrokenBird and TooGoodForThisSinfulEarth: She had a lot of these. ''Two Little Wooden Shoes'' had a sixteen-year-old girl literally named Baby (well, Bebée) living in innocent peace in a Belgian country town. An artist comes to paint it, and her, and she falls in love. He promises to return, but it's a lie. All he really wants is her portrait, which he exhibits in Paris and gets filthy rich. Hearing he's ill, she ''walks'' to Paris, only to find him recovered and having a great time in a DenOfIniquity. She returns home sick and delirious, and drowns herself [[BookEnds in the brook where she'd been found]] as an infant. It was made into a film and several [[{{Opera}} operas]] notably Mascagni's ''Lodoletta'', which sticks fairly to the book, and Edmund Missa's ''Muguette'', which has the artist's new model turn out to be an EthicalSlut (or at least a GoodBadGirl) who conspires with his friend to give the couple a HappyEnding. Ouida's friend Creator/MarieCorelli wrote another version of this tale, ''Innocent''.
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* BrokenBird and TooGoodForThisSinfulEarth: She had a lot of these. ''Two Little Wooden Shoes'' ''Literature/TwoLittleWoodenShoes'' had a sixteen-year-old girl literally named Baby (well, Bebée) living in innocent peace in a Belgian country town. An artist comes to paint it, and her, and she falls in love. He promises to return, but it's a lie. All he really wants is her portrait, which he exhibits in Paris and gets filthy rich. Hearing he's ill, she ''walks'' to Paris, only to find him recovered and having a great time in a DenOfIniquity. She returns home sick and delirious, and drowns herself [[BookEnds in the brook where she'd been found]] as an infant. It was made into a film and several [[{{Opera}} operas]] notably Mascagni's ''Lodoletta'', which sticks fairly to the book, and Edmund Missa's ''Muguette'', which has the artist's new model turn out to be an EthicalSlut (or at least a GoodBadGirl) who conspires with his friend to give the couple a HappyEnding. Ouida's friend Creator/MarieCorelli wrote another version of this tale, ''Innocent''.''Literature/{{Innocent}}''.
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* GoldDigger: Lower- and middle-class girls seek to marry wealthy, titled men and become "ladies". Fair enough. But several books (notoriously, ''Moths'') have mothers who [[ArrangedMarriage arrange marriages]] for their daughters with [[OldManMarryingAChild wealthy, titled, older men]], less to ensure the daughter's future security than the ''mother's'', and often to help pay off her debts.
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* TheDandy and RealMenWearPink: Her male characters dress in beautiful clothes, frills, lace and perfume, and surround themselves with exquisite furnishings and art. The more heroic her guys are, the more likely they are to be this. This was much more than just dressing nicely (considered a sign of character and courtesy). This was [[AgentPeacock Kicking Ass In All His Finery]].
* GoldDigger: Lower- and middle-class girls seek to marry wealthy, titled men and become "ladies". Fair enough. But several books (notoriously,''Moths'') ''Literature/{{Moths}}'') have mothers who [[ArrangedMarriage arrange marriages]] for their daughters with [[OldManMarryingAChild wealthy, titled, older men]], less to ensure the daughter's future security than the ''mother's'', and often to help pay off her debts.
* GoldDigger: Lower- and middle-class girls seek to marry wealthy, titled men and become "ladies". Fair enough. But several books (notoriously,
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* KickTheDog: Ouida alerts you to animal suffering every chance she gets. She begins ''The Waters of Edera'' with a scene that looks like {{Arcadia}}, then averts it by describing some terribly cruel sheepherders. Good guys & gals in her books will be a KindheartedCatLover or a FriendToAllLivingThings, or at the very least PetTheDog.
* TheDandy and RealMenWearPink: Her male characters dress in beautiful clothes, frills, lace and perfume, and surround themselves with exquisite furnishings and art. The more heroic her guys are, the more likely they are to be this. This was much more than just dressing nicely (considered a sign of character and courtesy). This was [[AgentPeacock Kicking Ass In All His Finery]].
* TheDandy and RealMenWearPink: Her male characters dress in beautiful clothes, frills, lace and perfume, and surround themselves with exquisite furnishings and art. The more heroic her guys are, the more likely they are to be this. This was much more than just dressing nicely (considered a sign of character and courtesy). This was [[AgentPeacock Kicking Ass In All His Finery]].
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* KickTheDog: Ouida alerts you to animal suffering every chance she gets. She begins ''The Waters of Edera'' ''Literature/TheWatersOfEdera'' with a scene that looks like {{Arcadia}}, then averts it by describing some terribly cruel sheepherders. Good guys & gals in her books will be a KindheartedCatLover or a FriendToAllLivingThings, or at the very least PetTheDog.
* TheDandy and RealMenWearPink: Her male characters dress in beautiful clothes, frills, lace and perfume, and surround themselves with exquisite furnishings and art. The more heroic her guys are, the more likely they are to be this. This was much more than just dressing nicely (considered a sign of character and courtesy). This was [[AgentPeacock Kicking Ass In All His Finery]].PetTheDog.
* TheDandy and RealMenWearPink: Her male characters dress in beautiful clothes, frills, lace and perfume, and surround themselves with exquisite furnishings and art. The more heroic her guys are, the more likely they are to be this. This was much more than just dressing nicely (considered a sign of character and courtesy). This was [[AgentPeacock Kicking Ass In All His Finery]].
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* Practically every trope in the book. Natalie Schroeder's ''Ouida The Phenomenon'' says she had "[[DarkSecret secrets]], [[MarryThemAll bigamy]], [[InfidelityIndex adultery]], [[EverythingsDeaderWithZombies the dead-alive]], [[MurderTropes murder]], [[{{Robinsonade}} shipwrecks]], [[UsefulNotes/{{Romani}} gypsy]] [[FortuneTeller fortune tellers]], [[SecretRelationship secret marriages]], and [[DarkActionGirl strong]] [[FemmeFatale female]] [[TheBaroness villainesses]]", and that's just in the first two books. Her characters were "[[TheHero remarkably handsome heroes]], [[TheIngenue innocent adolescent heroines]], and [[TheVamp exquisitely beautiful]], [[GodSaveUsFromTheQueen powerful]], [[HoneyTrap sensual adventuresses]]." Critic Max Beerbohm said she had stock characters rather than ones based in reality, but made unique in that they were "transfigured by imagination, embellished by fancy".
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* Practically every trope in the book. Natalie Schroeder's ''Ouida The Phenomenon'' says she had "[[DarkSecret secrets]], [[MarryThemAll bigamy]], [[InfidelityIndex adultery]], [[EverythingsDeaderWithZombies "secrets, bigamy, adultery, the dead-alive]], [[MurderTropes murder]], [[{{Robinsonade}} shipwrecks]], [[UsefulNotes/{{Romani}} gypsy]] [[FortuneTeller dead-alive, murder, shipwrecks, gypsy fortune tellers]], [[SecretRelationship tellers, secret marriages]], marriages, and [[DarkActionGirl strong]] [[FemmeFatale female]] [[TheBaroness villainesses]]", strong female villainesses", and that's just in the first two books. Her characters were "[[TheHero remarkably "remarkably handsome heroes]], [[TheIngenue heroes, innocent adolescent heroines]], heroines, and [[TheVamp exquisitely beautiful]], [[GodSaveUsFromTheQueen powerful]], [[HoneyTrap beautiful, powerful, sensual adventuresses]].adventuresses." Critic Max Beerbohm said she had stock characters rather than ones based in reality, but made unique in that they were "transfigured by imagination, embellished by fancy".
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* Practically every trope in the book. Natalie Schroeder's ''Ouida The Phenomenon'' says she had "[[DarkSecret secrets]], [[MarryThemAll bigamy]], {{Adultery}}, [[EverythingsDeaderWithZombies the dead-alive]], [[MurderTropes murder]], [[{{Robinsonade}} shipwrecks]], [[UsefulNotes/{{Romani}} gypsy]] [[FortuneTeller fortune tellers]], [[SecretRelationship secret marriages]], and [[DarkActionGirl strong]] [[FemmeFatale female]] [[TheBaroness villainesses]]", and that's just in the first two books. Her characters were "[[TheHero remarkably handsome heroes]], [[TheIngenue innocent adolescent heroines]], and [[TheVamp exquisitely beautiful]], [[GodSaveUsFromTheQueen powerful]], [[HoneyTrap sensual adventuresses]]." Critic Max Beerbohm said she had stock characters rather than ones based in reality, but made unique in that they were "transfigured by imagination, embellished by fancy".
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* Practically every trope in the book. Natalie Schroeder's ''Ouida The Phenomenon'' says she had "[[DarkSecret secrets]], [[MarryThemAll bigamy]], {{Adultery}}, [[InfidelityIndex adultery]], [[EverythingsDeaderWithZombies the dead-alive]], [[MurderTropes murder]], [[{{Robinsonade}} shipwrecks]], [[UsefulNotes/{{Romani}} gypsy]] [[FortuneTeller fortune tellers]], [[SecretRelationship secret marriages]], and [[DarkActionGirl strong]] [[FemmeFatale female]] [[TheBaroness villainesses]]", and that's just in the first two books. Her characters were "[[TheHero remarkably handsome heroes]], [[TheIngenue innocent adolescent heroines]], and [[TheVamp exquisitely beautiful]], [[GodSaveUsFromTheQueen powerful]], [[HoneyTrap sensual adventuresses]]." Critic Max Beerbohm said she had stock characters rather than ones based in reality, but made unique in that they were "transfigured by imagination, embellished by fancy".
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[[caption-width-right:213:Ouida in 1874, age thirty-five. Photo by Adolphe Beau.]] Marie Louise de la Ramée, who wrote under the pen name ''Ouida'' (1839-1908), was an English novelist and essayist. She was extremely prolific and wrote many bestsellers, featuring thinly veiled portraits of high-class society, TearJerker tragedies, and thrilling adventure. She always said her main inspiration was Creator/LordByron. Her style was "aesthetic", considered a type of romance, like her friend Creator/OscarWilde. Many women, and some men, wrote in this style in Victorian times, but she was "Queen of the Circulating Libraries". Her books sold in the millions, funding her extravagant lifestyle and lush parties. Authors like Wilde, Creator/JackLondon, Creator/MarieCorelli, Sidonie-Gabrielle Colette, Creator/CharlottePerkinsGilman and Creator/MarjorieBowen owe some of their early inspiration to Ouida. London said he credited her book ''Signa'' for his own early enthusiasm for reading and literary success.
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[[caption-width-right:213:Ouida in 1874, age thirty-five. Photo by Adolphe Beau.]] Marie Louise de la Ramée, who wrote under the pen name ''Ouida'' (1839-1908), (1 January 1839 – 25 January 1908), was an English novelist and essayist. She was extremely prolific and wrote many bestsellers, featuring thinly veiled portraits of high-class society, TearJerker tragedies, and thrilling adventure. She always said her main inspiration was Creator/LordByron. Her style was "aesthetic", considered a type of romance, like her friend Creator/OscarWilde. Many women, and some men, wrote in this style in Victorian times, but she was "Queen of the Circulating Libraries". Her books sold in the millions, funding her extravagant lifestyle and lush parties. Authors like Wilde, Creator/JackLondon, Creator/MarieCorelli, Sidonie-Gabrielle Colette, Creator/CharlottePerkinsGilman and Creator/MarjorieBowen owe some of their early inspiration to Ouida. London said he credited her book ''Signa'' for his own early enthusiasm for reading and literary success.
