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Lady Windermere's Fan (Paperback, 2nd edition)
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Lady Windermere's Fan (Paperback, 2nd edition)
Series: New Mermaids
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Loot Price R286
Discovery Miles 2 860
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'My own business always bores me to death; I prefer other people's'
Lady Windermere has a happy marriage - or, at least, that's what
she believes until one of London society's gossips, the Duchess of
Berwick, arrives with her daughter to voice her suspicions about an
affair Lord Windermere appears to be having. It's not just the
Duchess who has evidence, however. Windermere's private bank book
shows that he's been giving large sums of money to a 'Mrs Erlynne'
- on frequent occasions - and he himself even admits to seeing much
of the woman. To add insult to injury, Windermere insists that Mrs
Erlynne is invited to the ball that is being held for Lady
Windermere's birthday. Employing the witty dialogue, social satire
and outrageous paradox for which he is still remembered, Wilde's
play shows us the destructiveness of gossip and superficial
judgement, examines the ambiguous sexual morality and gender
politics at the heart of the British ruling class, while
simultaneously challenging our perceptions of what constitutes a
'good woman'. This student edition contains a fully annotated
version of the playtext. The introduction includes an account of
Wilde's life and a detailed analysis of Lady Windermere's Fan as
well as its stage history. Ian Small is Professor of English
Literature at the University of Birmingham. He is the author of a
number of critical studies on Wilde and has edited several of
Wilde's works, including a scholarly edition of Wilde's second
society comedy, A Woman of No Importance, also published in the New
Mermaids series.
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