55. Ouida — Moths
Ouida (Maria Louise Ramé) Credit: National Portrait Gallery London
The eccentric Victorian-era novelist Ouida wrote more than 40 novels and hobnobbed with literary notables such as Robert Browning, Oscar Wilde, and Wilkie Collins. Critic and wit Max Beerbohm called her “one of the miracles of modern literature,” while other critics dubbed her high-society stories “depraved.” We discuss her wildly decadent life and one of her most popular—and equally decadent—novels, Moths.
Discussed in this episode:
In Search of Lost Time by Marcel Proust
The Scarlet Pimpernel by Baroness Orczy
The Ouida Reward Program at The Langham Hotel in London
Lost Ladies of Lit Episode Episode 39 on Nancy Mitford with Laura Thompson