{"product_id":"lady-windermeres-fan-warbler-classics-paperback","title":"Lady Windermere's Fan (Warbler Classics) - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eOscar Wilde\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eUlrich Baer\u003c\/b\u003e (Afterword by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOscar Wilde's first major success on the stage, \u003cem\u003eLady Windermere's Fan\u003c\/em\u003e premiered in London in 1892 to sold-out fashionable crowds. The social comedy centers on a woman who has been cast out of and hopes to re-enter society but ultimately sacrifices herself to save her grown daughter's dignity and social standing. Filled with some of Wilde's best-known and wittiest epigrammatic sayings, the play's exposure of upper-class hypocrisy is far deeper and more poignant than such funny writing ought to allow.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOscar Wilde (1854-1900) was an Irish playwright, poet, and novelist, known for his biting wit, defense of aesthetics, and defiance of social conventions. The author of celebrated comedies, including \u003cem\u003eThe Importance of Being Earnest, Lady Windermere's Fan, An Ideal Husband, \u003c\/em\u003e and the iconic novel, \u003cem\u003eThe Picture of Dorian Gray, \u003c\/em\u003eat the height of his fame he was sentenced to two years' hard labor for \"gross indecency\" with men. He died penniless in Paris three years after his release from prison. He ranks among the most celebrated writers in English literature.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 106\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.25 x 8 x 5.25 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 04, 2021\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47344255926521,"sku":"9781954525733","price":9.67,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/pjzIFIZ-Mh9781954525733.webp?v=1769729455","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/lady-windermeres-fan-warbler-classics-paperback","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}