奧維達
奧維達(Ouida /ˈwiːdə/;1839年1月1日—1908年1月25日[1]),或譯薇達,原名瑪利亞·露易絲·拉梅(Maria Louise Ramé,她本人傾向使用Marie Louise de la Ramée),是一名英國小說家,以筆名「奧維達」知名。她創作出像是《弗蘭德斯的狗》等四十多部小說和大量的短片故事、散文。她的小說十分暢銷,稿費頗豐,因此生活也十分奢靡,經常在倫敦的豪華酒店裡舉辦沙龍,最終她的財富被她揮霍一空,去世後留下大筆的債務。
Maria Louise Ramé | |
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![]() 1867–1871年間攝 | |
出生 | 英格蘭聖埃德蒙茲伯里 | 1839年1月1日
逝世 | 1908年1月25日 意大利維亞雷焦 | (69歲)
筆名 | Ouida |
職業 | 小說家 |
簽名 | ![]() |
生平
編輯奧維達出生於聖埃德蒙茲伯里[2],她的母親蘇珊·薩頓是一個葡萄酒商之女[3],而父親是法國人[2][4]。其筆名來自她的中間名「Louise」[5]。
1863年,奧維達出版第一部小說《Held in Bondage》[5]。她主要在倫敦進行創作,曾在朗豪酒店舉辦沙龍[6]。1871年左右,奧維達移居意大利,1874年她和母親在佛羅倫薩定居。1908年1月25日,奧維達因肺炎在維亞雷焦去世,安葬在巴尼-迪盧卡。
作品
編輯年份 | 名稱 | 注釋 |
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1863 | Held in Bondage | 原名《Granville de Vigne》 |
1865 | Strathmore | |
1866 | Chandos | |
1867 | Cecil Castlemaine's Gage | |
1867 | Idalia | |
1867 | Under Two Flags | 後被多次改編為電影 |
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 | 《弗蘭德斯的狗》 | 多次改編為電影 |
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 |
參考文獻
編輯- ^ Encyclopedia, Britannica. Ouida.. [15 January 2008]. (原始內容存檔於2008-05-15).
- ^ 2.0 2.1 "Maria Louise Rame" (頁面存檔備份,存於網際網路檔案館), birth record, Bury St. Edmunds, FreeBMD, accessed 14 September 2019. Note: Does not include any information about parents.
- ^ 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.
- ^ The New York Times (頁面存檔備份,存於網際網路檔案館), 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.
- ^ 5.0 5.1 Cosmopolis History of The Langham. [20 October 2010].
- ^ Ouida. Guide to The Langham Hotel. langhamhotels.com. [20 October 2010]. (原始內容存檔於2009-05-03).
- Ouida and Victorian Popular Culture (頁面存檔備份,存於網際網路檔案館) (1st Edition), Andrew King (Edited by Jane Jordan), pub. Routledge
外部連結
編輯- Ouida的作品 - 古騰堡計劃
- 互聯網檔案館中奧維達的作品或與之相關的作品
- 來自奧維達的LibriVox公共領域有聲讀物
- Works by Ouida (頁面存檔備份,存於網際網路檔案館) at The Victorian Women Writers Project
- 与奥维达相关的档案. 英國國家檔案館.
- Book description of In Maremma (1882) at Valancourt Books
- Charles Warren Stoddard, "Ouida in Her Winter City", National Magazine, March 1905, p. 653, with photos, at OpenBooks
- Willis J. Abbot: Notable women in history : the lives of women who in all ages, all lands and in all womanly occupations have won fame and put their imprint on the world's history (1913), p. 407–410.
- Ouida Similes (頁面存檔備份,存於網際網路檔案館), Bartleby