Set during the Second French Empire and the Crimean War, "Under Two Flags" tells the story of the dashing and enigmatic British officer, Bertie Cecil, who leaves his regiment to join the French Foreign Legion. He adopts the name "Châteauroy" and serves in the Legion, where he becomes involved in various adventures, including love affairs and acts of heroism. Throughout the novel, Bertie grapples with questions of honor, identity, and loyalty.The novel explores themes of honor, sacrifice, a...

This eBook features the unabridged text of ‘Moths by Ouida - Delphi Classics (Illustrated)’ from the bestselling edition of ‘The Collected Works of Ouida’.Having established their name as the leading publisher of classic literature and art, Delphi Classics produce publications that are individually crafted with superior formatting, while introducing many rare texts for the first time in digital print. The Delphi Classics edition of Ouida includes original annotatio...

In "Othmar," Ouida delves into the complexities of aristocratic life and the moral dilemmas faced by its characters. Set against a backdrop of opulent European landscapes, the novel is notable for its lush, descriptive prose and its keen psychological insights. Combining melodrama with elements of social commentary, Ouida weaves a narrative that critiques the rigid structures of society and the personal sacrifices demanded by duty and honor. The interplay of romance and tragedy in "Othmar"...

This eBook features the unabridged text of ‘Under Two Flags by Ouida - Delphi Classics (Illustrated)’ from the bestselling edition of ‘The Collected Works of Ouida’.Having established their name as the leading publisher of classic literature and art, Delphi Classics produce publications that are individually crafted with superior formatting, while introducing many rare texts for the first time in digital print. The Delphi Classics edition of Ouida includes original...

“Death had been more pitiful to them than longer life would have been. It had taken the one in the loyalty of love, and the other in the innocence of faith, from a world which for love has no recompense and for faith no fulfilment.”A Dog of Flanders is a novel written in 1872 by the English author Marie Louise de la Ramée, with her nickname \"Ouida\" The story set in Antwerp is about Nello, a Flemish boy, and his dog, Patrasche.

First published in 1875, Signa tells the tender story of an illegitimate orphan boy who is saved from death during a flood when he is one year old.His two uncles find him clinging to the breast of his dead mother, and, afraid that the villagers might accuse them of murder, they let the floodwaters take her body away and tell everyone they found the unknown baby alone in the field.Then one day he sees an old violin for sale in a shop window and asks to hold it…...

In "Under Two Flags," Ouida weaves a captivating tale of love, loyalty, and the clashes of cultural identities against the backdrop of the North African desert. The novel showcases her signature lush prose and keen character development, reflecting the Victorian fascination with exotic locales and the complexities of human emotion. Through the vivid depiction of its protagonist, Sir Lionel, entangled in the tumultuous struggle between duty and desire, the reader is drawn into an intricate ...

*** Original and Unabridged Content. Made available by CLASSIC COLLECTION 600.***Synopsis:"Nello and Patrasche were left all alone in the world." So begins the poignant story of the two orphans who were to become inseparable companions. They were Nello, an orphaned youth, and Patrasche, the dog which he and his grandfather saved from near death one day. The tale takes place outside of Antwerp, and so popular has this story become that there is a commemorative statue of Nell...

Ouida's prose glows with Roman light, blending lyrical travel writing, philosophical reflection, and intense emotional drama. From fountains, ruins, churches, and sunsets to humble coastal life, the book finds grandeur in memory, imagination, and tradition, even as it faces sorrow, disillusionment, and the fragility of human happiness. Across its pages, sympathy emerges as the true guide through hidden tragedies and ordinary heroism, while youth, beauty, and the possibility of new beginnin...

An opal necklace lost in the Venetian lagoon brings together a Countess, a rich and careless young nobleman who adores her, and Damer, an English physiologist with great ambition and no scruple. When the young man falls ill, Damer holds both the serum that could save him and the toxin that will make his death certain, and follows the logic of the laboratory. Ouida wrote it in the 1890s, when the new bacteriology was a public excitement, and it is one of the coldest of her late stories; the...

Ouida's society tales glitter with wit, vanity, and peril, moving through French gardens, Versailles salons, and polished drawing rooms where rank and romance collide. A dead priest beneath the limes, a grieving dog, and a marquise who receives murder with tears, perfume, and chocolate set the tone for a world in which elegance conceals moral decay and passion can turn fatal. Across the collection, titled flirtations, matchmaking schemes, chaperones, generals, and would-be lovers expose th...

A guardsman takes the blame for a forgery to protect his brother, enlists under another name in the French cavalry in Algeria, and is loved by Cigarette, the girl who rides with the regiment. Ouida wrote it in her twenties and it was read by every subaltern in the British army. This edition binds 57 plates after John Leech, Gustave Caillebotte and Édouard Manet, with three restored and coloured illustrations in the text.