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A BBC adaptation of Ouidas landmark novel along with an original drama and a fascinating documentary exploring her colourful life
A little scandal is an excellent thing nobody is ever brighter or happier of tongue than when he is making mischief of his neighbours Ouida
Ouida the pseudonym of English novelist Maria Louise Ram wrote over 40 novels as well as childrens books short stories and essays One of the most popular authors of her day she achieved fame and fortune with her sensation novels which scandalised and intrigued Victorian readers but her extravagant lifestyle resulted in her dying in poverty in 1908 This collection brings together her pioneering novel Moths with two engrossing biographical portraits of Ouida herself
A Little Scandal Is an Excellent Thing Romantic novelist Ouidas life was as flamboyant as her fiction Born in England with a French father she lived in luxury at the Langham Hotel throwing lavish literary soires with guests including Oscar Wilde but died alone and penniless in Italy Cheryl Campbell stars in this moving drama by awardwinning poet Chrys Salt
Moths First published in 1880 this riveting tale of romance and society in 19thcentury Europe is widely held as the first novel to portray a divorced woman finding happiness and fulfilment It tells the story of teenage Vere Herbert forced by her superficial mother Lady Dolly to wed the brutish Prince Zoroff Meanwhile she has fallen in love with an Italian opera singer Raphael de Correze Trapped in an unhappy marriage dare she leave her husband to be with him Dramatised by Chrys Salt and starring Teresa Gallagher as Vere with Nicola Pagett Paul Rhys and Geoffrey Whitehead
Sensational Women Ouida Maeve Binchy examines the life and books of Ouida who never had a lover but caught the publics imagination with the passionate stories she wrote
Moths first published in 1880
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