Among other things, Ouida is remembered for her love of animals. She championed animal rights far before it was popular to do so. Naturally her genuine compassion for animals, both wild and domestic, would find its voice throughout much of her writing. As an essayist, Ouida had no misgivings about using her platform to advocate for the humane treatment of animals. And in her creative writing, Ouida seldom shied away from an opportunity to populate her fictional landscapes with equally compelling characters from the animal world. Obviously, given her well-known reputation as a dog person, “man’s best friend” tends to show up most frequently. Her novel Puck (1870), for instance, was written from the canine perspective. Yet, the animal characters in her stories are not limited to dogs alone. Reading through her corpus one can expect to encounter a variety of birds, horses, and even monkeys, always vivid in description, and sometimes in delightful personification. Here is a list of some of Ouida’s more memorable animal characters:
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