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Marie Louise de la Ramée (Ouida)
(1 Jan 1893 - 25 Jan 1908)
English novelist who wrote melodramatic romances of fashionable life under the pen-name 'Ouida,' a nursery pronunciation of her name Louise. She remains known for her novel, Under Two Flags (1866), which was made into a movie three times; the first time was a silent film (1912).
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Science Quotes by Marie Louise de la Ramée (Ouida) (1)
Talent wears well, genius wears itself out; talent drives a snug brougham in fact; genius, a sun-chariot in fancy.
— Marie Louise de la Ramée (Ouida)
In Marie Louise De la Ramée, Chandos (1866), 38. Ramée used the pen-name 'Ouida.'
