2004, ISBN: 9780486159621

Clever dialogue, fast-paced repartee, and pithy epigrams abound in this sparkling Victorian comedy of manners. The first of Oscar Wilde's dramas, the 1892 play attests to the author's leg… Plus…

Clever dialogue, fast-paced repartee, and pithy epigrams abound in this sparkling Victorian comedy of manners. The first of Oscar Wilde's dramas, the 1892 play attests to the author's legendary reputation as a wit and keen observer of ironic situations. In Lady Windermere's Fan, Wilde offers a splendidly satirical view of society's obsessive regard for appearances rather than reality. A paragon of morality, Lady Windermere firmly rejects the company of anyone exhibiting even the slightest deviation from the social code. Suspecting her husband of a dalliance with Mrs. Erlynne, a woman of dubious reputation, Lady Windermere rashly decides to abandon her secure position for the seductive charms of Lord Darlington. The voice of caution arises from an unexpected source when the mysterious Mrs. Erlynne reveals the calamitous effects of her own disregard for duty and virtue, and she augments her advice with an act of self-sacrifice. By laying claim to Lady Windermere's telltale fan, the woman from outside society shows the model of social propriety the difference between true morality and its semblance. More than a century after the play's debut, the luster of its humorous quips, merry bon mots, and thought-provoking paradoxes remains undimmed. This modestly priced edition of Wilde's scintillating comic masterpiece will delight lovers of drama and literature. Dover Publications British Drama classic drama; comedy; clever dialogue; english literature; humor; satire; infidelities; unfaithful husband; birthday ball; dubious reputations; comical situations; avenging wife; ironic situations; false appearances; morality; social code; self sacrifice; mother daughter relationship; a mothers love; comic masterpiece; happy endings; lively; morality and virtue; performing arts; romance; love; dr jacques;robert chiltern;2004 film;rupert everett;helen hunt;divide people;birthday ball;serious purpose;ideal husband;merely gossip;lord robert;political scandal;victorian morality;serious conversation;sir robert;political world;quotable lines;london society;victorian society;dorian gray;witty comments;basildon;perpignan;caversham;windemere;langtry;marchmont;buttonhole;sentimentalist;goring;unattractively;moralizes;mitigating;seductress;1895;mabel;netflix;gutter;cynic;comedies;irretrievably;reformed;invariably;earnest;imperfect;composed;oneself;improved;mrs erlynne;books on seductresses;books on birthday balls;books on london societies;books on windemere;books on political worlds;books on ideal husbands;books on comedies;books on mabel;books on marchmonts;books on gutter;books on victorian societies;books on netflix;books on earnests;books on goring;books on helen hunts;books on lord roberts;books on sir roberts;books on oneselves;books on perpignan;books on 2004 films;books on political scandals;books on dr jacques;books on langtry 9780486400785 DE,GB,FR English Literature, Dover Publications<

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