Collected from the magazines in which they first appeared, these stories move through Ouida’s world of officers, fine ladies, gambling debts and drawing-room rivalry. The lighter “Lady Marabout’s Troubles” follows a kind-hearted society matron whose charges keep slipping from her plans, while tales such as “Deadly Dash” and “A Study à la Louis Quinze” lean toward high romance.
Extravagant, witty and unmistakably Ouida, for readers who enjoy Victorian society fiction at full colour. Download the free EPUB.