Folle-Farine
Ouida · 1889
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Description
Ouida names her heroine for dust in Folle-Farine. The Philadelphia edition here is dated 1871, and the book is dedicated to the memory of Ingres. Ouida opens by explaining her title. Folle-farine is not the wheat, not even the chaff. It is only the dust from the corn, the mock flour that flies from under the grindstones and no one needs or notices.
So her heroine is dust in the world's eye. The sampled pages find her with a painter in his solitude. She has lain in his sight and slept under his eyes, and she is frightened, ashamed, and yet in ecstasy to be lovely enough to enter his dreams. He asks to paint her there, and owns he is too poor to pay her. I want nothing, she answers. Ouida writes of art, poverty, and a woman the world ground down to dust.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Ouida |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 1889 |
| COLLECTION | BOOKS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 1014 KB |
| LICENSE | Public Domain |
| RIGHTS | PUBLIC DOMAIN |
| SOURCE | Imperial Library of Trantor |
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