An Ideal Husband, by Oscar Wilde
An Ideal Husband is a comedic stage play by Oscar Wilde with an intriguing storyline revolving around blackmail and political corruption.

Together with The Importance of Being Earnest, it is considered Wilde's dramatic masterpiece.

The wicked Mrs. Cheverly, blackmails Member of Parliament Lord Robert Chiltern with a secret from his youth, leading to a crisis in his life, and in his marriage to the virtuous Lady Chiltern. It is up to his friend, the delightfully foppish Lord Goring to help extricate him.

Filled with wit and humorous repartee, all is well that ends well, but not until much back-and-forth and conspiracy.

OSCAR WILDE (1854–1900) was an Irish poet, novelist, playwright, essayist, and short story writer. He is perhaps best known for Salomé, The Importance of Being Earnest, Lady Windermere's Fan, A Woman of No Importance, An Ideal Husband, De Profundis, The Ballad of Reading Gaol, and The Picture of Dorian Gray. He is considered a literary master, and a central figure in the development of the modern novel.
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An Ideal Husband, by Oscar Wilde
An Ideal Husband is a comedic stage play by Oscar Wilde with an intriguing storyline revolving around blackmail and political corruption.

Together with The Importance of Being Earnest, it is considered Wilde's dramatic masterpiece.

The wicked Mrs. Cheverly, blackmails Member of Parliament Lord Robert Chiltern with a secret from his youth, leading to a crisis in his life, and in his marriage to the virtuous Lady Chiltern. It is up to his friend, the delightfully foppish Lord Goring to help extricate him.

Filled with wit and humorous repartee, all is well that ends well, but not until much back-and-forth and conspiracy.

OSCAR WILDE (1854–1900) was an Irish poet, novelist, playwright, essayist, and short story writer. He is perhaps best known for Salomé, The Importance of Being Earnest, Lady Windermere's Fan, A Woman of No Importance, An Ideal Husband, De Profundis, The Ballad of Reading Gaol, and The Picture of Dorian Gray. He is considered a literary master, and a central figure in the development of the modern novel.
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An Ideal Husband, by Oscar Wilde

An Ideal Husband, by Oscar Wilde

An Ideal Husband, by Oscar Wilde

An Ideal Husband, by Oscar Wilde

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An Ideal Husband is a comedic stage play by Oscar Wilde with an intriguing storyline revolving around blackmail and political corruption.

Together with The Importance of Being Earnest, it is considered Wilde's dramatic masterpiece.

The wicked Mrs. Cheverly, blackmails Member of Parliament Lord Robert Chiltern with a secret from his youth, leading to a crisis in his life, and in his marriage to the virtuous Lady Chiltern. It is up to his friend, the delightfully foppish Lord Goring to help extricate him.

Filled with wit and humorous repartee, all is well that ends well, but not until much back-and-forth and conspiracy.

OSCAR WILDE (1854–1900) was an Irish poet, novelist, playwright, essayist, and short story writer. He is perhaps best known for Salomé, The Importance of Being Earnest, Lady Windermere's Fan, A Woman of No Importance, An Ideal Husband, De Profundis, The Ballad of Reading Gaol, and The Picture of Dorian Gray. He is considered a literary master, and a central figure in the development of the modern novel.

Product Details

BN ID: 2940149506194
Publisher: R. L. Van Bruggen
Publication date: 03/04/2014
Sold by: Barnes & Noble
Format: eBook
Pages: 125
File size: 656 KB

About the Author

About The Author

The ever-quotable Oscar Wilde (1854-1900) was an Irish playwright, novelist, essayist, and poet who delighted Victorian England with his legendary wit. He found critical and popular success with his scintillating plays, chiefly The Importance of Being Earnest, while his only novel, The Picture of Dorian Gray, scandalized readers. Imprisoned for two years for homosexual behavior, Wilde moved to France after his release, where he died destitute.

Date of Birth:

October 16, 1854

Date of Death:

November 30, 1900

Place of Birth:

Dublin, Ireland

Place of Death:

Paris, France

Education:

The Royal School in Enniskillen, Dublin, 1864; Trinity College, Dublin, 1871; Magdalen College, Oxford, England, 1874
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