书名：Lady Windermere's Fan 温德米尔夫人的扇子

作者：Oscar Wilde

出版社名称：Dover Publications

出版时间：2011

语种：英语

ISBN：9780486400785

商品尺寸：14.4 x 0.4 x 20.7 cm

包装：平装

《温德米尔夫人的扇子》 剧本。由英国王尔德作于1892年。温德米尔夫人不知丈夫私下接济并坚持邀请来参加她生日舞会的埃尔琳夫人是她的离过婚的母亲，怀疑丈夫与埃尔琳夫人关系暧昧，负气来到追求她的伯爵家里。埃尔琳夫人赶来劝解。恰好伯爵和客人回家，两位夫人躲了起来，但温德米尔夫人遗忘的扇子被发现。为免女儿出丑，埃尔琳夫人出来承认扇子是自己的，使女儿得以暗中离去。

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.

王尔德（1854-1900），英国作家、诗人。出生于都柏林，父亲是医生，兼有考古学和文学修养，母亲是爱尔兰民族主义诗人。在牛津大学麦格达伦学院学习期间，成为罗斯金和瓦*特·佩特的美学观点的信徒，唯美主义的代表人物。他主张“为艺术而艺术”，强调艺术的纯粹，认为思想和语言均为艺术的工具，善与恶都是艺术家的材料。他的剧作追求形式、结构上的新奇，作品多以严谨、机智、巧妙取胜，代表作有《温德米尔夫人的扇子》和《莎乐美》。1895年王尔德被判入狱，服了两年苦役，期间创作了诗集《瑞丁监狱之歌》和忏悔录《深渊简书》。1897年，刑满释放的王尔德神形交悴地移居法国，却再无大的建树，三年后猝死巴黎。

Poet and playwright Oscar Wilde (1854-1900) remains best known for his comedies of the 1890s, including The Importance of Being Earnest, and for his tragic imprisonment and untimely death.