#ouida

[thebeautifulbook]

BÉBÉE, or TWO LITTLE WOODEN SHOES by Ouida (Boston: Knight, 1895) Illustrated by Ethelred B. Barry.

#beautiful books #book blog #books books books #book cover #books #vintage books #illustrated book #children’s book #victorian era #ouida #bébée #book design

[uwmspeccoll]

Publishers' Binding Thursday

It's time for another Publishers' Binding Thursday! This book was found by Max when it was pulled to have a barcode assigned to it. It is The Nürnberg Stove by Ouida, which is a pen name for English novelist Maria Louise Ramé (also called Maria Louise de la Rameé)(1839-1908). It was first published in 1895, but we suspect this is a later edition because the end sheets are dated 1902.

The novel is a strange one, in which a young boy named August who loves his family's stove (which was designed by a man named Hirschvogel) so much that he decides to stow away in it when his father has to sell it because the family is poor. August wants to stay with his dear "Hirschvogel" (as he calls the stove) and travels with it across Germany to the King's palace, where he is ultimately allowed to stay with the stove and will be sent to art school so he can become an artist like the man who designed his beloved stove. Weird.

The binding is quite nice, with thinly ribbed grey bookcloth with the title stamped in gold and white blossoms on green branches. I personally am disappointed that there isn't an ornate stove on the cover! The end sheets were designed by W.E.B. Starkweather and include an inscription with my name on it! It is signed "To Alice, with a Merry Christmas from Hilda & Elsa, 1908."

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-- Alice, Special Collections Department Manager

#Publishers' Binding Thursday #publishers' bindings #Ouida #Maria Louisa Ramé #Maria Louise de la Rameé #Hirschvogel #just a boy and his stove #The Nurnberg Stove

[adobongsiopao]

Some "Dog of Flanders" anime smartphone wallpapers.

#dog of flanders #dog of flanders 1975 #flanders no inu #ouida #nello #patrasche #dog #belgium #netherlands #world masterpiece theater #world masterpiece theatre #nippon animation #flanders #wallpaper #smartphone

[1five1two]

Death! It is rest to the aged, it is oblivion to the atheist, it is immortality to the poet!

Ouida

#quotes #Ouida #death

[maiathebee]

#ouida #ada calhoun #books #just enjoyed this!

[the-baz]

A Profile of Basil and Ouida in 1938

A Profile of Basil and Ouida in 1938

Today I’m sharing an article that I found in the March 21, 1938 edition of The Daily Mirror. SHE’S LOVED A VILLAIN FOR YEARS! by Molly Castle If I want to find the Basil Rathbones home around tea time (and tea at any time is enough of a rarity in Hollywood to be worth going after), I always choose a Monday. Because on Monday there is no racing at Santa Anita. And at the races is just where I…

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#architect #Bel Air #design #Greta Garbo #Italy #Ouida #racetrack #radio #Ravello #Stokowski

[britneyshakespeare]

"What was it?" Ruffino's little face asked, inquiringly and wistfully, knowing that they looked for something, but not knowing what; unless, indeed, it were the yellow cat. But she, he came to think, it could not be, because every evening from the loggia he saw her sitting, in bumptious and insolent security, upon roof or lintel or gutter, and of her his master took no kind of notice whatever. Ruffino came to the conclusion, so painful to all of us, and coupled with such sad disillusion, that what he thought was of such supreme, universal, imperial importance really did only interest himself alone.

End of Chapter XI of Ruffino by Ouida

#i have less than 10 pages of this book left and im sure vera is gonna be fine but what i really hope #is that ruffino does get some comeuppance on his detested enemy the yellow cat #ouida #ruffino #victorian literature #i can't stress enough that this book would be so mid if not for the dog framing device #ruffino is the best character by far #this would also make a spectacular animated kids movie #i keep picturing how id adapt it in my head #what changes id make etc

[notsanguineatall]

Yuletide Recs, Pt 3

I continue to read the collection at random. Recs for:

Moths - Ouida, Murder Rooms: The Dark Beginnings of Sherlock Holmes, A Mighty Wind, Assault on Precinct 13 (2005), SurrealEstate, King Arthur: Legend of the Sword, Batgirls (DC 2021), Last of the Mohicans (1992)

At Last to That Celestial Thought (2662 words) Fandom: Moths - Ouida

I'm not familiar with the canon material and it didn't matter in the slightest -- I feel like I know these characters now. And that they are people I really want to know! Plus, I think everything benefits from a queer Space Pirates AU.

the light of purpose (5686 words) Fandom: Murder Rooms: The Dark Beginnings of Sherlock Holmes, Sherlock Holmes & Related Fandoms

A really superb Star Wars AU exploration of some weighty philosophical questions clothed in gorgeous prose! Is it possible to become something better than your upbringing might suggest? What does it mean to be a healer? To be a Jedi?

you are nowhere (1362 words) Fandom: A Mighty Wind (2003)

You don't need to know the canon: the author sets the scene and characters beautifully with the hilarious dialogue! If you're going to get lost in the woods at night, make it happen with folk singers.

Have Me Crying Out for More (6078 words) Fandom: Assault on Precinct 13 (2005) Rating: Explicit

It's been a long time since I saw the movie, but it didn't matter: you get all the context you need from the author's incredible portrait of enemies turned reluctant allies (and more), on the run and hunting a guy even worse than they are.

did we get there yet (somehow) (2909 words) Fandom: SurrealEstate

Pitch perfect appearances from all the characters, and Luke's realizations about his own feelings for Susan are amusing and sweet at the same time.

Ripple (2484 words) Fandom: King Arthur: Legend of the Sword (2017)

Evocative pre-canon worldbuilding that explores mages' power and training. The author leaves a lot to the imagination without ever being so vague that it doesn't resonate with the events later in the film.

Deny thy father and refuse thy name (2165 words) Fandom: Batgirls (DC Comics 2021)

A hilariously clever AU in which detectives Steph and Cass are hired to solve the mystery of why Juliet and Romeo Barbara and Dick won't go through with their wedding. Hijinks ensue!

Cookery, Made Plain and Easy (10161 words) Fandom: Last of the Mohicans (1992)

Gorgeous exploration of freedom, otherness, love, and change all through the metaphor of food. I can't say enough how this piece touched me.

#yuletide #yuletide ao3 #yuletide 2023 #fic recs #last of the mohicans #batgirls #king arthur legend of the sword #surrealestate #assault on precinct 13 #sherlock holmes #a mighty wind #moths #ouida #fanfic #ao3

[elegantzombielite]

"Familiarity is a magician that is cruel to beauty but kind to ugliness."

Ouida [pen name of Marie Louise de la Ramee], novelist

(1st January 1839-1908)

#athoughtfortoday #Ouida #familiarity #beauty #ugliness #Marie Louise de la Ramee

[abductionradiation]

San Francisco, CA -- Last week, Bay Area artist Ouida released her new single “Belong With You” featuring JyellowL. The reflective r&b track spans just over 4 minutes long and its mellow vibes have a steady groove that’ll have you in daze. Ouida’s silky vocals pack an emotional weight that captures the work that goes into maintaining a relationship, finding all the way to be together. "Belong With You” really hits any tender spots you may have in a relationship but there’s something equally soothing that’ll ease any restlessness.

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#ouida #JyellowL #san francisco #r&b #soul

[cruelrhythm]

you bite.

#new music #ouida #belong with you #jyellowl

[postersbykeith]

#quotes #Ouida #familiarity is a magician #cruel to beauty #kind to ugliness

[philosophyofenjoyment]

The Tricky Brain and Everyone's Enjoyment

The Tricky Brain and Everyone’s Enjoyment

Peaceful Autumn Days uploaded by lionheart Humans have big brains. That’s what we’re told. For years scientists have argued, “our brains have more neurons and expend more energy than would be expected for our size, and our cerebral cortex, which is responsible for higher cognition, is disproportionately large” (source: Scientific American). If humans have big brains (note: Dolphins’ brains are…

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#Albert Camus #Bizarrow #Bob Geldof #compassion #criminals #Criss Jami #dictators #Freudian #Fyodor Dostoevsky #intelligence #Khandro Rinpoche #Neil deGrasse Tyson #Ouida #selfishness #Shoma Morita #Stephen Kendrick #Susan Stebbing #The Great Song of Indifference #Trump #Vladimir Putin #zen

[ouidamforeman]

Aziraphale with some nice, neat little pearl stud earrings. And the backstory that he got them done at some gay Soho drinking party by his new best friend, a lesbian who sterilised the needle with her cigarette lighter.

(Like, you know how you get stupid drunk and make a profound bond with a random stranger who you cuddle up with for five hours and then never see again after the party)

i liked this so much i drew it

he says lets go lesbians!!!!

#good omens #book omens #aziraphale #good omens fanart #ouida's art

[the-baz]

John Miltern: In Memorium

John Miltern Eighty-seven years ago today (January 15, 1937) Basil Rathbone’s dear friend and “foster father” was killed after being struck by an automobile while he was crossing a busy street. Jack Miltern had been living in an apartment above Basil and Ouida’s garage. His daily routine involved helping Basil Rathbone walk his six dogs in Griffith Park, which lay on the other side of Los Feliz…

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#accident #hit and run #Ouida #Swanson

[britneyshakespeare]

"Go, with my curse upon you! stay with your mother's people; waste your days in foolish pleasures, and with singing women, and French jesters, and playwrights and scribblers; never blast my eyes with the sight of you as long as you live!" the furious old man had cried, in his rage, at his defeated projects; and Castiglione had answered not a syllable, but had left Rome that day, and had stayed away from it entirely for three years, until now, when the tidings of the prince's seizure had enforced his return, again, against his wishes. "Death is an ugly thing, Ruffino," he said this evening to his furry little friend. Discordant noises at that moment irritated his ear, and jangled harshly on the sweetness of the falling waters, the singing nightingales, the plaintive, mourning owls. Ruffino barked; he always conceived it to be his paramount duty to add his quota to any noise that he might ever hear.

Ruffino (1890) by Ouida, Chapter II

#i started this book last night (and by that i mean one in the morning) #and oh my god is it exactly the pick-me-up i needed it to be #ouida #ruffino #victorian literature #victorian novel #DOG BOOK! #this is my first experience w reading ouida #i got my copy of this book at an antique store last year #published in new york and definitely still nineteenth century #i can tell not just because it's old and dusty but bc it has an advertisement in the back #for mrs. winslow's soothing syrup for teething children #'an old and well-tried remedy for over fifty years' #yeah. it contained morphine and ammonia