SOURCE: “Oscar Wilde's Comedy.” Spectator 69 (26 November 1892): 767.
In the following positive assessment of Lady Windermere's Fan, the reviewer asserts that “we are grateful to Mr. Wilde for a straightforward comedy which professes no purpose but comedy's best and truest—to entertain.”
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