Ouida
's mother
died and was buried in a pauper's grave.
Jordan, Jane. “Ouida: The Enigma of a Literary Identity”. Princeton University Library Chronicle, Vol.
57
, No. 1, 1 Sept.–30 Nov. 1995, pp. 75-105.
85
Nadel, Ira Bruce, and William E. Fredeman, editors. Dictionary of Literary Biography 18. Gale Research, 1983.
18: 245
Stirling, Monica. The Fine and the Wicked: The Life and Times of Ouida. Coward-McCann, 1958.
181
Family and Intimate relationships
Ouida
Ouida
's mother was born Susan Sutton
. She was the middle child in a family of three daughters. Her father was a wine merchant.
Stirling, Monica. The Fine and the Wicked: The Life and Times of Ouida. Coward-McCann, 1958.
17
Residence
Ouida
Ouida
, along with her mother
and maternal grandmother, moved from Bury St Edmunds to London. They first lived at 41 Lansdowne Road, Kensington Park.
Jordan, Jane. “Ouida: The Enigma of a Literary Identity”. Princeton University Library Chronicle, Vol.
57
, No. 1, 1 Sept.–30 Nov. 1995, pp. 75-105.
77
Stirling, Monica. The Fine and the Wicked: The Life and Times of Ouida. Coward-McCann, 1958.
47
Residence
Ouida
Ouida
, with her mother
, moved from her previous London home to a main-floor suite at the city's fashionable Langham Hotel
, where she entertained in a salon style which was probably inspired by George Sand
.
Jordan, Jane. “Ouida: The Enigma of a Literary Identity”. Princeton University Library Chronicle, Vol.
57
, No. 1, 1 Sept.–30 Nov. 1995, pp. 75-105.
78-9
Travel
Ouida
Ouida
and her mother
left England on a trip to the Continent; they visited Belgium and Germany before arriving in Italy.
Nadel, Ira Bruce, and William E. Fredeman, editors. Dictionary of Literary Biography 18. Gale Research, 1983.
18: 243
qtd. in
Stirling, Monica. The Fine and the Wicked: The Life and Times of Ouida. Coward-McCann, 1958.