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Lady Windermere's Fan - Oscar Wilde
Lady Windermere's Fan
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Beautiful, aristocratic, an adored wife and young mother, Lady Windermere is ‘a fascinating puritan’ whose severe moral code leads her to the brink of social suicide. The only one who can save her is the mysterious Mrs Erlynne whose scandalous relationship with Lord Windermere has prompted her... show more
Beautiful, aristocratic, an adored wife and young mother, Lady Windermere is ‘a fascinating puritan’ whose severe moral code leads her to the brink of social suicide. The only one who can save her is the mysterious Mrs Erlynne whose scandalous relationship with Lord Windermere has prompted her fatal impulse. And Mrs Erlynne has a secret - a secret Lady Windermere must never know if she is to retain her peace of mind.
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Format: Kindle Edition
ISBN: 9781537822570
ASIN: B06XXLNJ9J
Publisher: Jovian Press
Edition language: English
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mybookjournal
mybookjournal rated it
4.0 Lady Windermere's Fan
Oscar Wilde’s play always have a lot more to say than what we actually understand. There is always quite an abundance of irony, satire, sarcasm and whatnot in each of his words. 'Lady Windermere's Fan' is no less. This play reveals - how does a society or should I say a pseudo-society play a vital r...
Bettie's Books
Bettie's Books rated it
3.0 Lady Windermere's Fan by Oscar Wilde
bookshelves: winter-20102011, play-dramatisation, published-1893, victorian Recommended for: Braziliant Laura Read on December 12, 2010 ** spoiler alert ** The illustrious Mrs Erlynne sacrifices herself to rescue a lady from seduction, scandal and the gutter. Oscar Wilde's tale stars Joely Richa...
philoSophie
philoSophie rated it
i simply adore reading wilde's plays. the dialogue is always witty and amusing. his work has timeless value.
UNICORN PORN FOR ALL
UNICORN PORN FOR ALL rated it
4.0
Not Wilde's best. The plot was pretty lame - done before, and with lots of those rom-com situations where you think "This would all be cleared up if they'd just talk to each other like normal humans" - but it's still Wilde, so it's still plenty fun to read and has lots of things you probably would h...
Ironic Contradictions
Ironic Contradictions rated it
While I really enjoyed this play I found it less amusing and interesting than the other works of Oscar Wilde. So for me this is not a case of the play being worth less than five stars but rather that it is overshadowed by Wilde at his best. For I believe that A Woman of No Importance and The Importa...
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