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Overview
Ramé was born in Bury St. Edmunds
Bury St. Edmunds
Bury St Edmunds is a market town in the county of Suffolk, England, and formerly the county town of West Suffolk. It is the main town in the borough of St Edmundsbury and known for the ruined abbey near the town centre...
, England, to a Guernsey
Guernsey
Guernsey, officially the Bailiwick of Guernsey is a British Crown dependency in the English Channel off the coast of Normandy.The Bailiwick, as a governing entity, embraces not only all 10 parishes on the Island of Guernsey, but also the islands of Herm, Jethou, Burhou, and Lihou and their islet...
-born French-speaking father and an English mother. She derived her pen name from her own childish pronunciation of her given name "Louise".
Her opinion of her birthplace fluctuated; in one of her books she states
During her career, she wrote more than 40 novels, children's books and collections of short stories and essays.
Quotations
What use was it to argue with a little idiot like this? Indeed, peasantsnever do argue; they use abuse.
Chapter I
When one has not father, or mother, or brother, and all one's friends have barely bread enough for themselves, life cannot be very easy, nor its crusts very many at any time.
Chapter II
Brussels is a gay little city that lies as bright within its girdle of woodland as any butterfly that rests upon moss.
Chapter II