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An Ideal Husband

An Ideal Husband is a must-read for Wilde fans, students of English literature, and anyone delighted by wit, urbanity, and timeless sophistication.

Author: Oscar Wilde

Publisher: Courier Corporation

ISBN: 9780486414232

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Although Oscar Wilde (1854–1900) created a wide range of poetry, essays, and fairy tales (and one novel) in his brief, tragic life, he is perhaps best known as a dramatist. His witty, clever drama, populated by brilliant talkers skilled in the art of riposte and paradox, are still staples of the theatrical repertoire. An Ideal Husband revolves around a blackmail scheme that forces a married couple to reexamine their moral standards — providing, along the way, a wry commentary on the rarity of politicians who can claim to be ethically pure. A supporting cast of young lovers, society matrons, an overbearing father, and a formidable femme fatale continually exchange sparkling repartee, keeping the play moving at a lively pace. ike most of Wilde's plays, this scintillating drawing-room comedy is wise, well-constructed, and deeply satisfying. An instant success at its 1895 debut, the play continues to delight audiences over one hundred years later. An Ideal Husband is a must-read for Wilde fans, students of English literature, and anyone delighted by wit, urbanity, and timeless sophistication.
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An Ideal Husband

An instant success upon its 1895 debut, An Ideal Husband continues to delight audiences over one hundred years later with its wit, urbanity, and timeless sophistication.

Author: Oscar Wilde

Publisher: Open Road Media

ISBN: 1504050150

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The classic comedic play of blackmail and political corruption from a master dramatist. A blackmail scheme forces a married couple to reexamine their moral standards—providing, along the way, a wry commentary on the rarity of politicians who can claim to be ethically pure. With a supporting cast of young lovers, society matrons, an overbearing father, and a formidable femme fatale exchanging nonstop sparkling repartee, Oscar Wilde’s classic play moves along at a lively pace. Like most of Wilde’s works, this scintillating drawing-room comedy is wise, well constructed, and deeply satisfying. An instant success upon its 1895 debut, An Ideal Husband continues to delight audiences over one hundred years later with its wit, urbanity, and timeless sophistication. This ebook has been professionally proofread to ensure accuracy and readability on all devices.
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An Ideal Husband

Oscar Wilde - An Ideal Husband A charming English period comedy with Wilde's subtly sardonic sense of humor.

Author: Oscar Wilde

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ISBN: 9781508486251

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Oscar Wilde - An Ideal Husband A charming English period comedy with Wilde's subtly sardonic sense of humor. Oscar Fingal O'Flahertie Wills Wilde (October 16, 1854, Dublin, Ireland - November 30, 1900, Paris, France) was an Anglo-Irish playwright, novelist, poet, and critic. He is regarded as one of the greatest playwrights of the Victorian Era. In his lifetime he wrote nine plays, one novel, and numerous poems, short stories, and essays. Wilde was a proponent of the Aesthetic movement, which emphasized aesthetic values more than moral or social themes. This doctrine is most clearly summarized in the phrase 'art for art's sake'.
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Lady Windermere s Fan

This series presents students with a library of outstanding plays, many of which are otherwise unobtainable, or available only in out-of-date or unannotated editions.

Author: Oscar Wilde

Publisher: Oxford University Press

ISBN: 0198121679

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This series presents students with a library of outstanding plays, many of which are otherwise unobtainable, or available only in out-of-date or unannotated editions. The texts are newly edited, with modernized spelling and punctuation where appropriate; and there are scholarly introductions and annotation. Oscar Wilde was already one of the best-known literary figures in Britain when he was persuaded to turn his extraordinary talents to the theatre. Between 1891 and 1895 he produced a sequence of distinctive plays which spearheaded the dramatic renaissance of the 1890s, and retain their power today. The social comedies, Lady Windermere's Fan, A Woman of No Importance, and An Ideal Husband, offer a moving as well as witty dissection of society and its morals, with a sharp focus on sexual politics. By contrast, the experimental, symbolist Salome, written originally in French, was banned for public performance by the English censor. Wilde's final dramatic triumph was his 'trivial' comedy for serious people, The Importance of Being Earnest, arguably the greatest farcical comedy in English.
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An Ideal Husband The Original Classic Edition

This is a terrible criticism of victorian society which is based more on appearances than principles and yet able to destroy a mans absolutely ethical present life with a mistake from his youth, throwing the baby along with the water of the ...

Author: Oscar Wilde

Publisher: Tebbo

ISBN: 9781486146413

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Oscar Wilde gives us here one of his best plays. He explores the political world in London and how a young ambitious but poor man can commit a crime, which is a mistake, to start his good fortune. But he builds his political career on ethical principles. Sooner or later someone will come into the picture to blackmail him into supporting an unacceptable scheme, by producing a document that could ruin his career if revealed. His past mistake may come back heavily onto him. But he resists and sticks to his moral reputation. He prefers doing what is right to yielding to some menace. He may lose though his political ambition and career and his wifes love. But love is saved by forgiveness and the mans career is also saved by the work of a real friend who recaptures the dubious document and destroys it. In other words love and an ethical career are saved by the burrying of the old mistake into oblivion. In other words love and friendship are stronger than the scheming action of a blackmailer. This is a terrible criticism of victorian society which is based more on appearances than principles and yet able to destroy a mans absolutely ethical present life with a mistake from his youth, throwing the baby along with the water of the bath. It is also a criticism of the victorian political world where you cannot have a career if you are not rich, money appearing as the only way to succeed, at least to succeed fast. But it is a hopeful play because love and friendship are beyond such considerations and only consider the best interest of men and women, in the long run and in the name of absolute purity. Better be a sinner and be forgiven when you have reformed than see a reformed sinner destroyed by the lack of forgiveness. Oscar Wilde advocates here a vision of humanity that necessitates forgiveness as the essential fuel of any rational approach. Real morality is not the everlasting guilt of a sinner without any possible reform. Real morality is the recognition that forgiveness is necessary when reform has taken place. Otherwise society would be unlivable and based on hypocrisy and the death or rejection of the best people in the name of (reformed) mistakes. One must not be that sectarian, because man can learn from his mistakes and improve along the road: one can learn how to avoid mistakes and repair those oen has committed. If condemnation is absolute, no progress is possible. A very fascinating play, a very modern play. And yet when can one be considered as reformed, when can we consider one has really corrected ones mistakes and improved ? And who can deem such elements ? The very core of political and ethical rectitude is concerned here and Oscar Wilde embraces a generous approach.
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An Ideal Husband by Oscar Wilde Book Analysis

This engaging summary presents an analysis of An Ideal Husband by Oscar Wilde, which tells the story of Sir Robert Chiltern, a well-liked politician who is considered a bastion of morality by everyone he knows, especially his wife.

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Unlock the more straightforward side of An Ideal Husband with this concise and insightful summary and analysis! This engaging summary presents an analysis of An Ideal Husband by Oscar Wilde, which tells the story of Sir Robert Chiltern, a well-liked politician who is considered a bastion of morality by everyone he knows, especially his wife. However, an acquaintance of the Chilterns, Mrs Cheveley, uncovers a secret from Sir Robert’s past that could ruin both his reputation and his wife’s good opinion if were to become common knowledge. Sir Robert finds himself caught between a rock and a hard place as Mrs Cheveley attempts to blackmail him into supporting a fraudulent scheme that would leave his good name equally tarnished, and is forced to turn to his friend, the dandyish aesthete Lord Goring, to help him find a way out of this conundrum... Oscar Wilde was one of the most fascinating authors of the 19th century, known as much for his witticisms as for his writing. His most notable works include the novel The Picture of Dorian Gray and the comic plays An Ideal Husband and Lady Windermere’s Fan. Find out everything you need to know about An Ideal Husband in a fraction of the time! This in-depth and informative reading guide brings you: • A complete plot summary • Character studies • Key themes and symbols • Questions for further reflection Why choose BrightSummaries.com? Available in print and digital format, our publications are designed to accompany you on your reading journey. The clear and concise style makes for easy understanding, providing the perfect opportunity to improve your literary knowledge in no time. See the very best of literature in a whole new light with BrightSummaries.com!
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An Ideal Husband

One of the nineteenth century's most successful and most frequently revived plays, An Ideal Husband has divided critics more than any other of Wilde's plays.

Author: Oscar Wilde

Publisher: A&C Black

ISBN: 1408136511

Category: Drama

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One of Wilde's most successful and most frequently revived plays, An Ideal Husband has divided critics more than any other. Treating political intrigue, financial fraud, blackmail, scandal and spin, and the role of women in public life, it is a play which engaged with issues of vital importance to its late-Victorian audience, which continue to resonate today.
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An Ideal Husband

An Ideal Husband is an 1895 stage play by Oscar Wilde that revolves around blackmail and political corruption, and touches on the themes of public and private honour.

Author: Oscar Wilde

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An Ideal Husband is an 1895 stage play by Oscar Wilde that revolves around blackmail and political corruption, and touches on the themes of public and private honour. The action is set in London, in "the present", and takes place over the course of twenty-four hours. "Sooner or later," Wilde notes, "we shall all have to pay for what we do." But he adds that, "No one should be entirely judged by their past." Together with The Importance of Being Earnest, it is often considered Wilde's dramatic masterpiece. After Earnest, it is his most popularly produced play. The play opens during a dinner party at the home of Sir Robert Chiltern in London's fashionable Grosvenor Square. Sir Robert, a prestigious member of the House of Commons, and his wife, Lady Chiltern, are hosting a gathering that includes his friend Lord Goring, a dandified bachelor and close friend to the Chilterns, Mabel Chiltern, and other genteel guests. During the party, Mrs. Cheveley, an enemy of Lady Chiltern from their school days, attempts to blackmail Sir Robert into supporting a fraudulent scheme to build a canal in Argentina. Apparently, Mrs. Cheveley's late mentor and lover, Baron Arnheim, induced the young Sir Robert to sell him a Cabinet secret - which enabled Arnheim to buy shares in the Suez Canal Company three days before the British government announced its purchase of the company. Arnheim's payoff was the basis of Sir Robert's fortune, and Mrs. Cheveley has Robert's letter to Arnheim as proof of his crime. Fearing the ruin of both career and marriage, Sir Robert submits to her demands. When Mrs. Cheveley pointedly informs Lady Chiltern of Sir Robert's change of heart regarding the canal scheme, the morally inflexible Lady Chiltern, unaware of both her husband's past and the blackmail plot, insists that Sir Robert renege on his promise to Mrs. Chevely. For Lady Chiltern, their marriage is predicated on her having an "ideal husband"-that is, a model spouse in both private and public life whom she can worship; thus, Sir Robert must remain unimpeachable in all his decisions. Sir Robert complies with the lady's wishes and apparently seals his doom. Also toward the end of Act I, Mabel and Lord Goring come upon a diamond brooch that Lord Goring gave someone many years ago. Goring takes the brooch and asks that Mabel inform him if anyone comes to retrieve it.
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Author: Oscar Wilde

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An Ideal Husband

Later in the night, Lady Chiltern, who prides herself on having an "ideal husband" and is unaware of Sir Robert's prior corruption, appeals to his morality and forces him to write a letter retracting his promise to Mrs. Cheveley.

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The play opens with a party at the Chiltern house, where all the major characters are introduced. At this party, Mrs. Cheveley blackmails Sir Robert and forces him to support her Argentine Canal scheme, in which she has invested heavily. She has in her possession a letter he wrote early in his public career in which he sold state secrets for a great fortune that has supported him to this day. Faced with certain ruin, Sir Robert has no choice but to accept Mrs. Cheveley's terms, and agrees to go before the House of Commons and publicly support the canal. Later in the night, Lady Chiltern, who prides herself on having an "ideal husband" and is unaware of Sir Robert's prior corruption, appeals to his morality and forces him to write a letter retracting his promise to Mrs. Cheveley. Toward the end of the act, Lord Goring and Mabel Chiltern discover a seemingly misplaced diamond brooch that Goring recognizes as something he gave to someone long ago. Lord Goring keeps the brooch and tells Mabel to inform him if anyone asks for it. In Act II Lord Goring and Sir Robert discuss his plight, and Sir Robert relates why he sent the letter to Baron Arnheim, selling the state secret, so many years ago. Lord Goring suggests Sir Robert should reveal his immoral deed to Lady Chiltern, but he cannot fathom disappointing her and shattering her perfect image of him. Instead, Sir Robert wires to Vienna seeking information on Mrs. Cheveley, hoping to uncover something he can use to fight against her blackmail. Lady Chiltern enters and Sir Robert escapes rather quickly. Lord Goring talks with Lady Chiltern, trying to see how she might react upon learning of Sir Robert's indiscretion. Lady Chiltern holds her husband in the highest regard and does not believe him capable of corruption. Lord Goring warns Lady Chiltern that she has rather harsh views, and that life must be lead with love rather than judgment.
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Oscar Wilde s main characters in An Ideal Husband

Essay from the year 2021 in the subject English Language and Literature Studies - Literature, grade: A, , language: English, abstract: The paper discusses the main characters in Oscar Wilde's play “An Ideal Husband” and their relation ...

Author: Elena Agathokleous

Publisher: GRIN Verlag

ISBN: 3346393445

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Essay from the year 2021 in the subject English Language and Literature Studies - Literature, grade: A, , language: English, abstract: The paper discusses the main characters in Oscar Wilde's play “An Ideal Husband” and their relation to art and what it means to be an artist. Oscar Wilde was a writer who often protested against the Victorian ideology through his work and often wrote about how societal norms and rules were mere control tools imposed by the few who wanted to establish their power over others.
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An IDEAL HUSBAND Complete Annotated Version

The play opens with a party at the Chiltern house, in which all the principal characters are introduced.

Author: Oscar Wilde

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The play opens with a party at the Chiltern house, in which all the principal characters are introduced. At this party, Mrs. Cheveley blackmails Sir Robert and forces him to support her Argentine Canal scheme, wherein she has invested heavily. She has in her possession a letter he wrote early in his public career wherein he bought state secrets and techniques for an excellent fortune that has supported him to at the present time. Faced with positive destroy, Sir Robert has no choice but to accept Mrs. Cheverly's terms, and agrees to head earlier than the House of Commons and publicly aid the canal. Later inside the night time, Lady Chiltern, who prides herself on having a "perfect husband" and is unaware of Sir Robert's previous corruption, appeals to his morality and forces him to jot down a letter retracting his promise to Mrs. Cheveley. Toward the cease of the act, Lord Goring and Mabel Chiltern find out a reputedly misplaced diamond brooch that Goring acknowledges as something he gave to someone lengthy ago. Lord Goring keeps the brooch and tells Mabel to tell him if each person asks for it.In Act II Lord Goring and Sir Robert discuss his plight, and Sir Robert relates why he dispatched the letter to Baron Arnheim, selling the state secret, such a lot of years ago. Lord Goring indicates Sir Robert must screen his immoral deed to Lady Chiltern, but he cannot fathom disappointing her and shattering her best image of him. Instead, Sir Robert wires to Vienna looking for information on Mrs. Cheveley, hoping to uncover something he can use to combat in opposition to her blackmail. Lady Chiltern enters and Sir Robert escapes alternatively fast. Lord Goring talks with Lady Chiltern, trying to see how she may react upon getting to know of Sir Robert's indiscretion. Lady Chiltern holds her husband in the highest regard and does no longer trust him able to corruption. Lord Goring warns Lady Chiltern that she has alternatively harsh views, and that life need to be lead with love in preference to judgment.After Lord Goring departs, Lady Markby and Mrs. Cheveley visit. Mrs. Cheveley lost a diamond brooch at the Chiltern's celebration and asks if it has been found. The ladies chat for a short while, and then Lady Markby departs to make a brief go to a nearby buddy. Left alone, Lady Chiltern and Mrs. Cheveley trade heated phrases. Mrs. Cheveley exhibits Sir Robert's past simply as he enters the room to discover his wife and his blackmailer collectively. He orders Mrs. Cheveley to go away, and she complies best after threatening him again. Lady Chiltern begs Sir Robert to disclaim Mrs. Cheverly's accusations, but he does now not, and ultimately tells her the fact approximately his past. She recoils from him in melancholy, her ideal photo of him shattered. The act closes with a tirade wherein Sir Robert curses how women placed guys upon not possible pedestals. He tells his wife she has ruined him, and storms out. Lady Chiltern, in extremely good ache, tries to comply with, but unearths her husband long gone.
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An Ideal Husband Annotated

Differentiated book- It has a historical context with research of the time-This book contains a historical context, where past events or the study and narration of these events are examined.

Author: Oscar Wilde

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Differentiated book- It has a historical context with research of the time-This book contains a historical context, where past events or the study and narration of these events are examined. The historical context refers to the circumstances and incidents surrounding an event. This context is formed by everything that, in some way, influences the event when it happens. A fact is always tied to its time: that is, to its characteristics. Therefore, when analyzing events that took place tens, hundreds or thousands of years ago, it is essential to know the historical context to understand them. Otherwise, we would be analyzing and judging what happened in a totally different era with a current perspective.An ideal husband (An Ideal Husband in its original version) is a play in four acts by author Oscar Wilde released on January 3, 1895.Sir Robert Chiltern is now Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, it is because he has kept secret the origin of his fortune: a fraudulent transaction for which he sold state secrets to Baron Arnehim. All English high society and their peers in the House of Commons have him as a respectable and complete man. Symbol of honesty and future political competition seems bright, always with the support of his wife, Lady Chiltern, who considers him the ideal husband. However, appearances are misleading and the social order is based solely on individual and collective lies.
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An Ideal Husband is an 1895 comedic stage play by Oscar Wilde which revolves around blackmail and political corruption, and touches on the themes of public and private honour.

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An Ideal Husband is an 1895 comedic stage play by Oscar Wilde which revolves around blackmail and political corruption, and touches on the themes of public and private honour. The action is set in London, in "the present," and takes place over the course of twenty-four hours. "Sooner or later," Wilde notes, "we shall all have to pay for what we do." But he adds that, "No one should be entirely judged by their past." Together with The Importance of Being Earnest, it is often considered Wilde's dramatic masterpiece. After Earnest, it is his most popularly produced play.In the summer of 1893, Oscar Wilde began writing An Ideal Husband, and he completed it later that winter. His work began at Goring-on-Thames, after which he named the character Lord Goring, and concluded at St. James Place. He initially sent the completed play to the Garrick Theatre, where the manager rejected it, but it was soon accepted by the Haymarket Theatre, where Lewis Waller had temporarily taken control. Waller was an excellent actor and cast himself as Sir Robert Chiltern. The play gave the Haymarket the success it desperately needed. After opening on 3 January 1895, it continued for 124 performances. In April of that year, Wilde was arrested for "gross indecency" and his name was publicly taken off the play. On 6 April, soon after Wilde's arrest, the play moved to the Criterion Theatre where it ran from 13-27 April. The play was published in 1899, although Wilde was not listed as the author. This published version differs slightly from the performed play, for Wilde added many passages and cut others. Prominent additions included written stage directions and character descriptions. Wilde was a leader in the effort to make plays accessible to the reading public.
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An Ideal Husband 1895 Comedic Stage Play

An Ideal Husband is an 1895 comedic stage play by Oscar Wilde which revolves around blackmail and political corruption, and touches on the themes of public and private honour.

Author: Oscar Wilde

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ISBN: 9781729301449

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An Ideal Husband is an 1895 comedic stage play by Oscar Wilde which revolves around blackmail and political corruption, and touches on the themes of public and private honour. The action is set in London, in "the present," and takes place over the course of twenty-four hours."Sooner or later," Wilde notes, "we shall all have to pay for what we do." But he adds that, "No one should be entirely judged by their past." Together with The Importance of Being Earnest, it is often considered Wilde's dramatic masterpiece. After Earnest, it is his most popularly produced play.BackgroundIn the summer of 1893, Oscar Wilde began writing An Ideal Husband, and he completed it later that winter. His work began at Goring-on-Thames, after which he named the character Lord Goring, and concluded at St. James Place. He initially sent the completed play to the Garrick Theatre, where the manager rejected it, but it was soon accepted by the Haymarket Theatre, where Lewis Waller had temporarily taken control. Waller was an excellent actor and cast himself as Sir Robert Chiltern. The play gave the Haymarket the success it desperately needed.After opening on 3 January 1895, it continued for 124 performances. In April of that year, Wilde was arrested for "gross indecency" and his name was publicly removed from the play. On 6 April, the same day as Wilde's arrest, the play moved to the Criterion Theatre where it ran from 13
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An Ideal Husband is an 1895 stage play by Oscar Wilde that revolves around blackmail and political corruption, and touches on the themes of public and private honour.

Author: Oscar Wilde

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An Ideal Husband is an 1895 stage play by Oscar Wilde that revolves around blackmail and political corruption, and touches on the themes of public and private honour. The action is set in London, in "the present", and takes place over the course of twenty-four hours. "Sooner or later," Wilde notes, "we shall all have to pay for what we do." But he adds that, "No one should be entirely judged by their past." Together with The Importance of Being Earnest, it is often considered Wilde's dramatic masterpiece. After Earnest, it is his most popularly produced play. In the summer of 1893, Oscar Wilde began writing An Ideal Husband; he completed it later that winter. His work began at Goring-on-Thames, after which he named the character Lord Goring, and concluded writing at St. James Place. He initially sent the completed play to the Garrick Theatre, where the manager rejected it, but it was soon accepted by the Haymarket Theatre, where Lewis Waller had temporarily taken control. Waller was an excellent actor and cast himself as Sir Robert Chiltern. The play gave the Haymarket the success it desperately needed. After opening on 3 January 1895, the play continued for 124 performances. In April of that year, Wilde was arrested for "gross indecency" and his name was publicly removed from the play. On 6 April, the same day as Wilde's arrest, the play moved to the Criterion Theatre where it ran from 13-27 April. The play was published in 1899, although Wilde was not listed as its author. This published version differs slightly from the performed play, as Wilde added many passages and cut others. Prominent additions included written stage directions and character descriptions. Wilde was a leader in the effort to make plays accessible to the reading public.
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An Ideal Husband

You can read An Ideal Husband silently, like every other story in a book.You will have to imagine the places, the characters' clothes and their voices from ...

Author: Mary Gladwin

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An Ideal Husband

I never believed the story about you, that Russian countess and her husband, the one who committed suicide rather than compete with you.' 'I am grateful.

Author: Michelle Styles

Publisher: Harlequin

ISBN: 1460310314

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To marry a rake When heiress Sophie Ravel finds herself in a compromising situation, notorious Richard Crawford, Viscount Bingfield, swoops in and saves her reputation. She might have escaped the attentions of one undesirable, but will Richard's protection expose her to even more scandal? Richard curses his impetuousness at offering a betrothal in the heat of the moment. He gladly accepts Sophie's terms that their engagement remain a pretense…until, quite by chance, he unlocks his shy fiancée's passionate nature. Now nothing will steer him from wedding—then bedding—his blushing bride….