The Story of Louie

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The Story of Louie is a 1913 work by Oliver Onions, an English novelist and short-story writer. It was the final part of a trilogy later published as Whom God Has Sundered. In this work, Onions successfully blended poetry and realism. While The Story of Louie gained attention, Onions' greatest success was arguably The Story of Ragged Robyn (1945), a historical novel set in 17th-century England. His collection Poor Man's Tapestry (1946) earned him the James Tait Black Memorial Prize. Onions was married to fellow novelist Berta Ruck.1

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…work to attract attention was The Story of Louie (1913), the last part of a trilogy later published as Whom God Has Sundered, in which he achieved a successful combination of poetry and realism. Of his other novels, the greatest success was perhaps The Story of Ragged Robyn (1945), a…
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…work to attract attention was The Story of Louie (1913), the last part of a trilogy later published as Whom God Has Sundered, in which he achieved a successful combination of poetry and realism. Of his other novels, the greatest success was perhaps The Story of Ragged Robyn (1945), a…
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