LADY WINDERMERE’S FAN

A PLAY
ABOUT A GOOD WOMAN

BY

OSCAR WILDE

METHUEN & CO. LTD.
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Sixteenth Edition

First Published 1893
First Issued by Methuen & Co. Ltd. (Limited Editions on Hand-made Paper and Japanese Vellum) February 1908
Third Edition (F’cap 8vo, 5s. net) September 1909
Fourth Edition (5s. net) June 1910
Fifth Edition (F’cap 8vo, 1s. net) November 3rd 1911
Sixth Edition (1s. net) November 1911
Eighth Edition (1s. net) 1912, Ninth and Tenth Editions (1s. net) 1913, Eleventh Edition (1s. net) 1914, Twelfth Edition (1s. net) 1915, Thirteenth Edition (1s. net) 1916, Fourteenth and Fifteenth Edition (1s. net) 1917
Sixteenth Edition (5s. net) 1917

The literary and dramatic rights ofLady Windermere’s Fanbelong to Sir George Alexander, by arrangement with whom this play is included in this edition. The acting version (Samuel French) does not contain the complete text.

TO
THE DEAR MEMORY
OF
ROBERT EARL OF LYTTON
IN AFFECTION
AND
ADMIRATION

THE PERSONS OF THE PLAY