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ABOUT OUIDA |
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Ouida (pronounced Wee-da) was the pen name of a famous romantic English novelist, Marie Louise de la Ramee, who took residence at The Langham in London at the age of twenty-eight. Born in Bury St Edmunds, England in 1839, Ramee derived the pen name, Ouida from her own babyish attempts to pronounce Louise.
At Langham, Ouida lived an extravagant life for four years, receiving her notable literary visitors while lying in bed and writing manuscripts. She loved to work by the light of scores of candles. Surrounded by masses of purple flowers, she would sit in an enormous bed set in the middle of her room, writing with a quill on large sheets of violet-coloured notepaper.
Ouida became famous for her lavish and theatrically orchestrated parties at The Langham, usually attended by dozens of handsome guard officers. She would summon whom she wished including all the wits and wonders of the world. In truth, much of the character and many of the adventurers of her fictional heroes and villains were based upon the people she entertained at her soirees at The Langham.
Two of Ouida’s most successful novels, Under Two Flags (1867) and Idalia were written when she first moved into The Langham. Tricotrin (1869) and Puck (1870) also originated in the hotel.
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OUIDA TODAY
Our OUIDA programme will recognise and reward you personally for the business you book into Langham Hotels worldwide or Eaton Hotel Hong Kong whether it be room accommodation or banquets or
a combination of both.
To learn more about the program, please click here.
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