{"product_id":"lady-windermeres-fan-warbler-classics-9781954525733","title":"Lady Windermere's Fan (Warbler Classics)","description":"\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\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Warbler Classics\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/04\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781954525733\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 106\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.28lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.25w x 0.25d","brand":"Oscar Wilde","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42277199773877,"sku":"9781954525733","price":7.61,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_cb7b5de6-7937-4dc6-8970-5b569152e80f.jpg?v=1657595800","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/lady-windermeres-fan-warbler-classics-9781954525733","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}