Maria Louise Ramé, going by the name Marie Louise de la Ramée and known by the pseudonym Ouida, was an English novelist. Ouida wrote more than 40 novels, as well as short stories, children's books and essays. Moderately successful, she lived a life of luxury, entertaining many of the literary figures of the day.
Photograph by Adolphe Beau, c. 1867–1871
Tomb of Ouida in Bagni di Lucca's English cemetery
Blue plaque erected in 1952 by London County Council at 11 Ravenscourt Square, Hammersmith, London W6
Ouida Memorial, formerly a drinking fountain, in Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk
A Dog of Flanders is an 1872 novel by English author Marie Louise de la Ramée published under her pseudonym "Ouida". It is about a Flemish boy named Nello and his dog, Patrasche, and is set in Antwerp.
A Dog of Flanders
Children selling milk from a dogcart, Belgium, ca. 1890
Nello and Patrasche
Nello & Patrache outside the Cathedral of Our Lady in Antwerp