Lady Windermere's Fan

By: Wilde, Oscar

Book Excerpt: s it, Duchess? Why do you talk to meabout this person?DUCHESS OF BERWICK. Don't you really know? I assure you we're allso distressed about it. Only last night at dear Lady Jansen'severy one was saying how extraordinary it was that, of all men inLondon, Windermere should behave in such a way.LADY WINDERMERE. My husband--what has HE got to do with any womanof that kind?DUCHESS OF BERWICK. Ah, what indeed, dear? That is the point. Hegoes to see her continually, and stops for hours at a time, andwhile he is there she is not at home to any one. Not that manyladies call on her, dear, but she has a great many disreputable menfriends--my own brother particularly, as I told you--and that iswhat makes it so dreadful about Windermere. We looked upon HIM asbeing such a model husband, but I am afraid there is no doubt aboutit. My dear nieces--you know the Saville girls, don't you?--suchnice domestic creatures--plain, dreadfully plain, but so good--well, they're always at the window doiRead More

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN13: 9798716691513
• Release Date: January 1
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 72 Pages
• Weight: 0.42 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.1" x 8.5" x 11.0"