Lady Windermere's Fan | Summary

Act I
The play opens in Lady Margaret Windermere’s home, where she is arranging roses for a party later that evening in celebration of her birthday. Lord Darlington visits, and Margaret chides him for flirting with her. He contends that a woman whose husband of two years is unfaithful has a right to ‘‘console herself.’’

Lady Windermere fails to recognize his oblique reference to her husband, and calls herself a Puritan with ‘‘hard and fast rules’’ for fidelity. Lord Darlington continues to flirt with her, but she ignores him.

He leaves and...


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