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Lady Windermere's Fan

Oscar Wilde

  • 106 pages · about 2 hours
  • First published 1890
  • 59 editions
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1 About this book

This Victorian comedy of manners sparkles with Wilde's trademark repartee, epigrams, and witty dialogue. Arch-moralist Lady Windermere, shattered by the suspicion of her husband's infidelity, contemplates running off with a roue until her rival illustrates the difference between morality and its appearance. A comic masterpiece, studded with humorous quips and clever paradoxes.

Good for readers who want: a classic, humor, and a short read.

  • Classics
  • Marriage
  • Humor
  • Satire
  • Drama
  • Comedies
  • Social life and customs
  • Mothers and daughters

2 About Oscar Wilde

1854–1900

Oscar Fingal O'Fflahertie Wills Wilde (16 October 1854 – 30 November 1900) was an Irish author, poet and playwright. After writing in different literary styles throughout the 1880s, he became one of the most popular and influential dramatists in London in the early 1890s. He was a key figure in the emerging Aestheticism movement of the late 19th century and is widely regarded as the greatest playwright of the Victorian era.

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