Overview
About this book
A comedy of manners turns suspicion of infidelity into a drama of secrecy, sacrifice and social judgment. Wilde’s epigrams sit beside Victorian double standards about marriage, motherhood and respectability.
- First published
- 1892
- Language
- English
- Copyright status
- Public domain
- Source edition
- Project Gutenberg ebook #790
English level
A2–B1 · First originals
Lady Windermere’s Fan is calibrated from 19,793 sampled words across 4 chapters: sentences average 5.9 words, 1.8% exceed 24 words and 5.8% of words are nine letters or longer.
Explore the A2–B1 level →Sentence rhythm
What the prose asks
Mostly compact sentences averaging 5.9 words in the sampled text
Vocabulary
What may slow you down
5.8% of sampled words contain nine or more letters; names and period vocabulary still vary by chapter
Reading rhythm
One sitting
A few long sections make advance stopping points useful. About 4 calm 30-minute sessions.
Suggested approach
Read with momentum
Follow the main action first and look up only words that block meaning
Best starting point
Begin with chapter one
The full text is ready with speech, lookup and saved progress.
CEFR-aligned Linden estimate · high confidence · sampled full text · Calibrated 2026-09-08 · Provisional, not an exam certification.
Table of contents
4 chapters
Related author
Oscar Wilde
An Irish writer known for exact comic dialogue, aesthetic argument and stories that expose the cost of performance.
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