Esteemed English author who went by the pen name of "Ouida" and wrote such novels as Under Two Flags, Afternoon, and A Dog of Flanders. She was known for children's books, short stories and essays, as well as for her almost fifty novels. She loved animals and often rescued them; at one point in her life, she owned thirty dogs. She published her debut novel, Held in Bondage, when she was twenty-four years old.
