OUIDA [Marie Louise de la Ramée]

Wanda

"But no lover was there. The Countess Wanda dismissed all lovers; she was wedded to the memory of her brother, and to her own liberty and power."

A New Edition. 8vo, 455pp, 32pp ads dated March 1893, and with additional ads on endpapers. ‘Yellowback’, original printed yellow paper covered boards, ship vignette to spine, Pears Soap advert to rear board. London, Chatto & Windus, 1890.

£250.00

The story of an aristocratic, reclusive, idealistic, naive young woman whose world is destroyed by a man. Originally published in 1883, this ‘yellowback’ edition dated 1890.

The novel was a best-seller in the late nineteenth century and was turned into an acclaimed stage play by Edmund Morse and an opera by Antonín Dvorák.

Nice, bright condition.

Stock No.
249946