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| Original Title: | Lady Windermere's Fan |
| ISBN: | 014062399X (ISBN13: 9780140623994) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Characters: | Lord Windermere, Lady Windermere, Lord Darlington, The Duchess of Berwick, Lord Augustus Lorton, Lady Agatha Carlisle, Lady Plymdale, Mr. Cecil Graham |
| Setting: | London, England(United Kingdom) |
Oscar Wilde
Paperback | Pages: 70 pages Rating: 3.92 | 18118 Users | 835 Reviews
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| Title | : | Lady Windermere's Fan |
| Author | : | Oscar Wilde |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | Penguin Popular Classics |
| Pages | : | Pages: 70 pages |
| Published | : | 1995 by Penguin Books (first published February 5th 1893) |
| Categories | : | Classics. Plays. Fiction. Drama. Theatre. Literature. 19th Century. Humor |
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Reading an Oscar Wilde play is sort of like life being perfect. The structure of the work is faultless, the dialogue is uber-clever and fantastic. What's wrong with Wilde? Nothing. He's perfect. I can't imagine any writer who wrote so beautifully in his native language. There are some people who are born with 'it' and Wilde is one of them. Of course for someone so perfect he would have to get involved in some nasty social business via his decade. But when you look back at Wilde, one realizes that he is someone from the 19th Century who is saying goodbye to the Victorian era and culture. It's like he couldn't wait to jump into the 20th Century. Which makes it sad that we didn't accept Wilde with our open arms. We killed the thing that was so beautiful and right.Wilde was born in 1854 and died in 1900. I was born in 1954 and was convinced I would be dead by the year 2000 - just because of Wilde. It's silly and egotistic on my part, yet it also shows how much I love Wilde.
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Ratings: 3.92 From 18118 Users | 835 ReviewsEvaluate Containing Books Lady Windermere's Fan
My phone's new e-reader came preloaded with a handful of public domain texts, and this was one of them. I was in this play my freshman year in high school, playing Lady Agatha ("Yes, mamma" delivered in varying inflections) so it's been a while since I read it.This time, it struck me as rather obvious in its morality. Lady Windermere is strict in her moral code right up until she isn't, and then has to be saved by the woman whose morals she despises, thereby becoming a better, kinder, more
An enjoyable play that I liked more than The Importance of Being Earnest and An Ideal Husband. Many Goodread members classify Lady Windermere's Fan as a comedy and although there are definitely some witty parts, you know the Oscar Wilde wit, but I found the play to be more of a drama. Slightly disappointed that I figured out who Mrs. Erlynne was before I got to the end and what part she really played. Four stars.
This is a brilliant play written by Oscar Wild. From the first dialogue, I knew I'm in for a treat. And yes indeed I was. There was so much in this play - humour, satire, witty dialogues, drama, excitement, sensitivity and a heartwarming story full of wisdom. All of these features were clustered into a Four-Act play. If this is not brilliance, what is? Writing a short work is quite challenging. One has to balance the elements very carefully. And it is by no means an easy task. But Oscar Wild has
We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars.Lady Windermere's Fan ~~ Oscar WildeLady Windermere's Fan is quite clever, quite witty, but at it's heart is a comedy in the vein of The Importance of Being Ernest. And while all is resolved in a neat package by the end of Act IV, it is not as satisfying most of Wilde's work. Lady Windermere's Fan is a social comedy, as is most of Wilde's work. It looks at the social norms, expectations and mannerisms of the time. And while it
We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars.Lady Windermere's Fan ~~ Oscar WildeLady Windermere's Fan is quite clever, quite witty, but at it's heart is a comedy in the vein of The Importance of Being Ernest. And while all is resolved in a neat package by the end of Act IV, it is not as satisfying most of Wilde's work. Lady Windermere's Fan is a social comedy, as is most of Wilde's work. It looks at the social norms, expectations and mannerisms of the time. And while it
God bless Oscar Wilde. Has anyone contributed as much to the conversation of otherwise dull people?
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