Wilde's dazzling drawing-room comedy revolves around blackmail and political corruption scheme, and touches on the themes of public and private honor that forces a married couple to reexamine their moral standards. A supporting cast of young lovers, society matrons, and a formidable femme fatale exchange sparkling repartee, keeping the action of the play at a lively pace. "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." This play has some of the best lines of Wilde's - always a joy to read. Needs to be in every Wilde library!
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Some of Wilde's best quotations came from this play!,
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Some of Wilde's best quotations came from this play!I have read this play many times, and seen it preformed twice, and each time, reading or watching, is always funny! The plot of blackmail and politics is always good for a cutting remark by Wilde, but the entire social satire is just perfect! You'll enjoy this perfectly delightful volume!
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An Ideal Husband is an Ideal Wilde,
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British politician Lord Robert Chiltern is blackmailed by the immoral Mrs. Cheverly, 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. All is well that ends well, but not after much witty interplay and intrigue and masterful wordsmithing by Oscar.Wilde shows us that the acceptance of our loved ones' flaws is perhaps the corner stone of love. Oscar Wilde examines love, honesty, friendship, and forgiveness with a humorous, witty happy ending.
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