In a Winter City

by Ouida

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The story In a Winter City presents Floralia as a once famous city on a historical river, adorned by the arts and home to great men. Lord Clairvaux doubts that Hilda is happy and describes her spending half her life thinking about how to dress, while admitting that he has never understood her.

The Duc argues that a woman with a past is easier to manage, and that being a woman's first object of passion is flattering but troublesome. Della Rocca replies that he has seldom cared to be anything unless he is the first object of passion. A discussion of majolica weighs fine metallic lustre against forms described as often clumsy, while a painted panel prompts questions about charm despite its workmanship.

About the author

Ouida

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.