"Truth is a rough, honest, helter-skelter terrier that none like to see brought into their drawing rooms."

✒ English writer #Ouida, pseudonym of #MariaLouiseRamé, passed away #OTD 25 January 1908. #Literature

The Official Ouida Starter Guide As told by Helena Esser So, this Ouida lady.You’ve heard so much, a lot of it from me, if you’ve met me. “I really have to read Ouida!”, you vow, after I’ve tried to conjure the rush and beauty of …

Do you want to start reading Ouida but don't know where to start? Find my handy #Ouida Starter Guide on the official VPFA blog:

@vpfa.bsky.social
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Excited to see our collection on Tauchnitz & publishing here at #BAVS2025! There is a little #Ouida chapter in it, too 😉

Today's #VPFAExtremes has assembled FIVE (5) whole #Ouida scholars in its hybrid space! A lovely Study Day 2023 re-union with Lorraine Dubuisson, @ouidaite.bsky.social, Crescent Rainwater, & @andrewkingc19.bsky.social ✨️🩷✨️

Great to see my fellow #BirkbeckVictorianist @helenaesser.bsky.social in action this morning, talking about #Ouida and spy fiction at the @vpfa.bsky.social conference in Birmingham. With fellow panellists Professor Claudia Capancioni and Dr. Alison Dingle.

One week to go! Very excited for #VPFA 2025. I'll be hosting a killer reading group about queer cannibals and colonialism AND conclusively proving that #Ouida invented James Bond in my paper. 😎

"Truth is a rough, honest, helter-skelter terrier that none like to see brought into their drawing rooms."

✒ English writer #Ouida, pseudonym of #MariaLouiseRamé, passed away #OTD 25 January 1908. #Literature

The Tauchnitz Edition and Related Paperback Series This book unites a broad variety of interests and perspectives concerning the legacy of the Tauchnitz Edition and other English language paperback series.

I'm so very chuffed to represent #Ouida in this new & exciting collection on Tauchnitz, her German publisher. "English Literature in Your Pocket" offers fascinating insights into 19C transnational publishing:
link.springer.com/book/10.1007...

The Study Day may be over, but you can visit our virtual #Ouida exhibition, curated by Jesse Erickson, for another few weeks! Find out more here:artspaces.kunstmatrix.com/en/exhibition/12236246/e...