English novelist Maria Louise Ramé , pseudonym Ouida, wrote more than 40 novels, mostly in the genres of historical romance, adventure novels and literary fiction. She spent the second half of her life in Tuscany, Italy.
The novel Signa describes an unschooled Italian orphan who achieves fame as an opera composer. The American author Jack London cited this book, which he read at age eight, as one of the 8 reasons for his literary success.
English novelist Maria Louise Ramé , pseudonym Ouida, wrote more than 40 novels, mostly in the genres of historical romance, adventure novels and literary fiction. She spent the second half of her life in Tuscany, Italy.
The novel Signa describes an unschooled Italian orphan who achieves fame as an opera composer. The American author Jack London cited this book, which he read at age eight, as one of the 8 reasons for his literary success.