Neighbours thought Ouida
's behaviour in this regard strange; but critic Jane Jordan
suggests that the unorthodox gap between death and burial was most likely due to her inability to pay for a proper funeral...
Travel
Ouida
Ouida
returned to Florence after her visit to England and reported that, in Lady Paget
's words, she had the whole of London at her feet.
Jordan, Jane. “Ouida: The Enigma of a Literary Identity”. Princeton University Library Chronicle, Vol.
57
, No. 1, pp. 75-105.
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Travel
Ouida
She nevertheless spent the summer of that year in Venice with the Pagets
. Lady Paget
recalls that Ouidapaddled with gilt slippers, and cream silk flounces, in the deep sands on the shore.
Jordan, Jane. “Ouida: The Enigma of a Literary Identity”. Princeton University Library Chronicle, Vol.