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Under Two Flags

by Ouida

First published: 1867
Pages: 596

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Ouida published this in 1867, when she was one of the most widely read novelists in England, and its pull has not entirely faded. Bertie Cecil is a Guards officer with charm, debts, and no judgment, and when a forgery is pinned on him he lets the world believe he has died rather than expose his brother or drag a woman's name through scandal. He surfaces again in Algeria as a common soldier in a French regiment, serving under a false name while the past keeps riding after him. Cigarette, the reckless young camp girl who loves him, carries the book to an ending Victorian readers wept over. Sentimental, fast, and completely unembarrassed by itself. Free PDF and EPUB edition available here.

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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.