Bebee or, Two Little Wooden Shoes Is a fantastic novel inscribed by Louisa de Lara who was a British writer well known under her pen name “Ouida”. The story is set in France culture and was published in 1874 which shadows the life of the titular character Bebee. An orphan girl, Bebee lives in a small village in France and the plot of the story primarily focuses on her adventure and the impacts of lives around her. Bebee Continues to be an optimistic character even after facing several difficulties in her life. She is innocent pure and kind with the contrast of the harsh world’s realities. The book follows the theme of love's transformative power and resilience into a positive outlook on life. A reader gets the interaction with various characters present in the village combining a group of children and elderly women and highlighting the simplicity that influences one another. The novel also highlights societal expectations and creates an interaction between the world of childhood and other problems of adulthood. The book itself creates sentimental and curious gestures that celebrate the values of kindness and enduring spirits.
This Story was originally written for a military periodical. It has been fortunate enough to receive much commendation from military men, and for them it is now specially issued in its present form. For the general public it may be as well to add that, where translations are appended to the French phrases, those translations usually follow the idiomatic and particular meaning attached to these expressions in the argot of the Army of Algeria, and not the correct or literal one given to such words or sentences in ordinary grammatical parlance." -- Ouida
Bebee or, Two Little Wooden Shoes Is a fantastic novel inscribed by Louisa de Lara who was a British writer well known under her pen name “Ouida”. The story is set in France culture and was published in 1874 which shadows the life of the titular character Bebee. An orphan girl, Bebee lives in a small village in France and the plot of the story primarily focuses on her adventure and the impacts of lives around her. Bebee Continues to be an optimistic character even after facing several difficulties in her life. She is innocent pure and kind with the contrast of the harsh world’s realities. The book follows the theme of love's transformative power and resilience into a positive outlook on life. A reader gets the interaction with various characters present in the village combining a group of children and elderly women and highlighting the simplicity that influences one another. The novel also highlights societal expectations and creates an interaction between the world of childhood and other problems of adulthood. The book itself creates sentimental and curious gestures that celebrate the values of kindness and enduring spirits.
As his letters attest, for nearly forty years Henry James enjoyed a warm and gratifying friendship with Britain's foremost soldier of the last quarter of the nineteenth century and his wife. The Wolseleys were notable figures. Lord Wolseley, the field marshal who became Britain's commander in chief of the British army, was a national hero. Both a bibliophile and an author, Wolseley was described by Henry James to his brother William as an "excellent example of the cultivated British soldier." Lady Wolseley was also well-read, as well as stylish, strong-willed, and shrewd, and in Henry's view, a delightful correspondent--in short, as the editor writes, "precisely the kind of woman James most admired." In The Master, the Modern Major General, and His Clever Wife, Alan James offers a collection of more than one hundred letters--most of them published here for the first time--that Henry James wrote to the Wolseleys, the majority to Lady Wolseley. Included are an overall introduction to the letters; separate introductory profiles of Lord and Lady Wolseley along with commentaries on the factors that drew James and the Wolseleys together; introductions to each of four sections of the letters, divided chronologically; and annotations throughout, identifying the notable men and women to whom James refers as well as comparing what James and the Wolseleys thought of them and their work.
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