奥维达(Ouida /ˈwdə/;1839年1月1日—1908年1月25日[1]),或译薇达,原名玛利亚·露易丝·拉梅(Maria Louise Ramé,她本人倾向使用Marie Louise de la Ramée),是一名英国小说家,以笔名“奥维达”知名。她创作出像是《弗兰德斯的狗》等四十多部小说和大量的短片故事、散文。她的小说十分畅销,稿费颇丰,因此生活也十分奢靡,经常在伦敦的豪华酒店里举办沙龙,最终她的财富被她挥霍一空,去世后留下大笔的债务。

Maria Louise Ramé
1867–1871年间摄
出生(1839-01-01)1839年1月1日
英格兰圣埃德蒙兹伯里
逝世1908年1月25日(1908岁—01—25)(69岁)
意大利维亚雷焦
笔名Ouida
职业小说家

签名

生平

奥维达出生于圣埃德蒙兹伯里[2],她的母亲苏珊·萨顿是一个葡萄酒商之女[3],而父亲是法国人[2][4]。其笔名来自她的中间名“Louise”[5]

1863年,奥维达出版第一部小说《Held in Bondage》[5]。她主要在伦敦进行创作,曾在朗豪酒店举办沙龙[6]。1871年左右,奥维达移居意大利,1874年她和母亲在佛罗伦萨定居。1908年1月25日,奥维达因肺炎在维亚雷焦去世,安葬在巴尼-迪卢卡

作品

年份 名称 注释
1863 Held in Bondage 原名《Granville de Vigne》
1865 Strathmore
1866 Chandos
1867 Cecil Castlemaine's Gage
1867 Idalia
1867 Under Two Flags 后被多次改编为电影
1868 Randolph Gordon and Other Stories
1868 Beatrice Boville and Other Stories
1869 Tricotrin
1870 Puck
1871 Folle-Farine
1872 A Leaf in the Storm, and other stories 包括:A Leaf in the Storm, A Provance Rose, A Dog of Flanders, and A branch of Lilac
1872 弗兰德斯的狗 多次改编为电影
1874 Pascarel
1874 Two Little Wooden Shoes 也曾以《Bébée》的名字出版
1875 Signa
1876 In a Winter City
1877 Ariadne
1878 Friendship
1880 Moths
1880 Pipistrello and Other Stories
1881 A Village Commune
1882 Bimbi: Stories for Children
1882 In Maremma
1883 Afternoon
1883 Frescoes: Dramatic Sketches
1883 Wanda
1884 Princess Napraxine
1885 A Rainy June
1885 Othmar
1886 Don Guesaldo
1887 A House Party
1889 Guilderoy
1890 Ruffino and Other Stories
1890 Syrlin
1891 Santa Barbara and Other Stories
1892 The Tower of Taddeo
1893 The New Priesthood: A Protest Against Vivisection
1894 The Silver Christ
1894 The Silver Christ and A Lemon Tree
1894 Two Offenders and Other Tales
1895 The Nürnberg Stove
1895 Toxin
1895 Views and Opinions
1896 Le Selve and Other Tales
1897 An Altruist
1897 Dogs
1897 Muriella; or, Le Selve
1897 The Massarenes
1899 La Strega and Other Stories
1900 Critical Studies
1900 The Waters of Edera
1901 Street Dust and Other Stories
1908 Helianthus
1910 Moufflou and other stories

参考文献

  1. ^ Encyclopedia, Britannica. Ouida.. [15 January 2008]. (原始内容存档于2008-05-15). 
  2. ^ 2.0 2.1 "Maria Louise Rame"页面存档备份,存于互联网档案馆), birth record, Bury St. Edmunds, FreeBMD, accessed 14 September 2019. Note: Does not include any information about parents.
  3. ^ Schroeder, Natalie, and Shari Hodges Holt (2008). Ouida the Phenomenon: Evolving Social, Political, and Gender Concerns in her Fiction. Newark: University of Delaware Press. p. 14. ISBN 9780874130331.
  4. ^ The New York Times页面存档备份,存于互联网档案馆), 29 January 1908. Note: Ouida was identified as the sister of the US Civil War officer, Col. George Roy Gliddoth. She was said to have "left her home in America at a tender age under the care of a woman who adopted her as her daughter." Another article about her supposed Gliddoth family was reported in Publishers Weekly at the same time.
  5. ^ 5.0 5.1 Cosmopolis History of The Langham. [20 October 2010]. 
  6. ^ Ouida. Guide to The Langham Hotel. langhamhotels.com. [20 October 2010]. (原始内容存档于2009-05-03). 

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