An Ideal Husband by Wilde, Oscar

An Ideal Husband (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781494976163)

Vendor: Oscar Wilde
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Format: Paperback
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An Ideal Husband by Wilde, Oscar

An Ideal Husband

$6.50
An Ideal Husband by Wilde, Oscar

An Ideal Husband

$6.50
Format: Paperback
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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.

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The play proved extremely popular in its original run, lasting over a hundred performances. Critics also lauded Wilde's balance of a multitude of theatrical elements within the play. George Bernard Shaw praised the play saying "Mr. Wilde is to me our only thorough Playwright. He plays with everything; with wit, with philosophy, with drama, with actors and audience, with the whole theatre."

Author: Oscar Wilde
ISBN-10: 1494976161
ISBN-13: 9781494976163
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Language: English
Published: 01/11/2014
Pages: 114
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.39lbs
Size: 9.02h x 5.98w x 0.27d
By Oscar Wilde
By Oscar Wilde
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Wilde, Oscar O'Flaherty (1856-1900). -- Poet and dramatist, s. of Sir William W., the eminent surgeon, was b. at Dublin, and ed. there at Trinity Coll. and at Oxf. He was one of the founders of the modern cult of the æsthetic. Among his writings are Poems (1881), The Picture of Dorian Gray, a novel, and several plays, including Lady Windermere's Fan, A Woman of no Importance, and The Importance of being Earnest. He was convicted of a serious offence, and after his release from prison went abroad and d. at Paris. Coll. ed. of his works, 12 vols., 1909.

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