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Lady Windermere's Fan (Revised)
Lady Windermere's Fan (Revised) | Oscar Wilde, Dover Thrift Editions
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.
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dabbe
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TheSpineView Totally! ...and songs. 🎶 3mo
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catsuit_mango
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"whenever people agree with me, I always feel I must be wrong."

Most of wilde aphorisms seem to come from that play :)

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catsuit_mango
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Just started a reread and I find myself highlighting quotes a lot :)

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TobeyTheScavengerMonk This was my quote in my Senior yearbook! 4y
JoScho I love that! 🖤 4y
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GatheringBooks
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#QuotsyJune19 Day 28: #Temptation is irresistible, true to its name.

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TK-421
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“God knows; I won't be an Oxford don anyhow. I'll be a poet, a writer, a dramatist. Somehow or other I'll be famous, and if not famous, I'll be #notorious. Or perhaps I'll lead the life of pleasure for a time and then—who knows?—rest and do nothing. What does Plato say is the highest end that man can attain here below? To sit down and contemplate the good. Perhaps that will be the end of me too.” #QuotsyJan19

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I thoroughly enjoyed Lady Windermere's Fan. #OscarWilde #classicliterature #classics

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Demoiselle.H
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“If a woman wants to hold a man, she has merely to appeal to what‘s worst in him”

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atleastimwellread
Lady Windermere's Fan (Revised) | Oscar Wilde, Dover Thrift Editions
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...nowadays so many conceited people go about society pretending to be good, that I think it shows rather a sweet and modest disposition to pretend to be bad. Besides, there is this to be said. If you pretend to be good, the world takes you very seriously. If you pretend to be bad, it doesn't. Such is the astounding stupidity of optimism.

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Meet me in tivefity-four hours.

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Next up on my Oscar Wilde Luncheon Read.

#oscarwilde #plays #throwbackthursday

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“We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars.” ― Oscar Wilde

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"We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars."

MaryAnn1 Wow!! Wisdom💕 8y
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😻😻😻

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Anneblythe
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😄😄😄

Megabooks 🤣🤣🤣 8y
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We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars.

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Lady Windermere's Fan (Revised) | Oscar Wilde, Dover Thrift Editions

We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars.

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Totally enjoyed this! It was actually the audio from the play, not a straight-up audiobook, but it was awesome! I have always loved reading stories set in this time period, although I am VERY glad I was not born into it! LOL

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You should probably expect multiple #somethingforsept posts from me today because I love #greatquotes and have a whole collection of them in various notebooks and digital documents. #septphotochallenge

RealLifeReading Love this 8y
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