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Lady Windermere’s Fan ▾
contents
  1. Dramatis Personae
  2. The Scenes of the Play
  3. Act I
  4. Act II
  5. Act III
  6. Act IV
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Lady Windermere’s Fan

Oscar Wilde

free · 19,922 words · 2 h 28 m audiobook, read by Phil Chenevert for LibriVox

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To
The Dear Memory
Of
Robert Earl Of Lytton
In Affection
And
Admiration

Dramatis Personae

  • Lord Windermere

  • Lord Darlington

  • Lord Augustus Lorton

  • Mr. Dumby

  • Mr. Cecil Graham

  • Mr. Hopper

  • Parker, Butler

  • Lady Windermere

  • The Duchess of Berwick

  • Lady Agatha Carlisle

  • Lady Plymdale

  • Lady Stutfield

  • Lady Jedburgh

  • Mrs. Cowper-Cowper

  • Mrs. Erlynne

  • Rosalie, Maid

The Scenes of the Play

Act I: Morning-room in Lord Windermere’s house.

Act II: Drawing-room in Lord Windermere’s house.

Act III: Lord Darlington’s rooms.

Act IV: Same as Act I.

Time: The present.

Place: London.

The action of the play takes place within twenty-four hours, beginning on a Tuesday afternoon at five o’clock, and ending the next day at 1:30 p.m.

Act I

Scene: Morning-room of Lord Windermere’s house in Carlton House Terrace. Doors C. and R. Bureau with books and papers R. Sofa with small tea-table L. Window opening on to terrace L. Table R.

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Lady Windermere’s Fan by Oscar Wilde. The text is in the US public domain, from the Standard Ebooks edition. Served from our own copy; read on their site for the full edition with images and typography.

Narrated by Phil Chenevert for LibriVox, also public domain.

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