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qursum's review against another edition
emotional
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.75
thothgodofknowledge's review against another edition
funny
reflective
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
bennought's review against another edition
3.0
A fun play, but I wasn't all that enthused about it (partly why it took me so long to finish it). I found myself not particularly caring about it, and I even found myself nodding off at a couple of points. It still had Wilde's characteristic whimsy and witty reparte, but just didn't have the drive of his other plays.
manemart's review against another edition
funny
reflective
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
ckrupiej's review against another edition
"Ah! The world was made for men and not for women.
Oh, don't say that, Lady Stutfield. We have a much better time than they have. There are far more things forbiden."
"Curious thing, plain women are always jealous of their husbands, beautiful women never are!"
"London dinner-parties.
I adore them. The clever people never listen, and the stupid people never talk.
I think the stupid people talk a great deal.
Ah, I never listen!"
"The soul is born old but grows young. That is the comedy of life.
And the body is born young and grows old that is life's tragedy."
"Men always want to be a women's first love. That is their clumsy vanity. We women have a more subtle instinct about things. What we like is to be a man's last romance."
"Don't have one law for men and another for women. You are injust to women in England. And till you count what is a shame in a woman to be an infamy in a man, you will always be injust."
"All women become like their mothers. That is their tragedy.
No man does. That is his."
"And the ending is the ordinary ending. The woman suffers. The man goes free."
"Women are hard on each other."
Always a pleasure to read Oscar Wilde. Shameful the way he was treated in his own country.
Other times, hypocritical conduct and morals. Unfortunately this is still valid today.
Oh, don't say that, Lady Stutfield. We have a much better time than they have. There are far more things forbiden."
"Curious thing, plain women are always jealous of their husbands, beautiful women never are!"
"London dinner-parties.
I adore them. The clever people never listen, and the stupid people never talk.
I think the stupid people talk a great deal.
Ah, I never listen!"
"The soul is born old but grows young. That is the comedy of life.
And the body is born young and grows old that is life's tragedy."
"Men always want to be a women's first love. That is their clumsy vanity. We women have a more subtle instinct about things. What we like is to be a man's last romance."
"Don't have one law for men and another for women. You are injust to women in England. And till you count what is a shame in a woman to be an infamy in a man, you will always be injust."
"All women become like their mothers. That is their tragedy.
No man does. That is his."
"And the ending is the ordinary ending. The woman suffers. The man goes free."
"Women are hard on each other."
Always a pleasure to read Oscar Wilde. Shameful the way he was treated in his own country.
Other times, hypocritical conduct and morals. Unfortunately this is still valid today.
gh0stp's review against another edition
funny
lighthearted
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5