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Book An Ideal Husband

Download or read book An Ideal Husband written by Oscar Wilde and published by London : Methuen. This book was released on 1912 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book An Ideal Husband

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  • Author : Oscar Wilde
  • Publisher : Courier Corporation
  • Release : 2001-02-01
  • ISBN : 9780486414232
  • Pages : 100 pages

Download or read book An Ideal Husband written by Oscar Wilde and published by Courier Corporation. This book was released on 2001-02-01 with total page 100 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.

Book An Ideal Husband   Oscar Wilde

Download or read book An Ideal Husband Oscar Wilde written by Oscar Wilde and published by Phoemixx Classics Ebooks. This book was released on 2021-06-27 with total page 108 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An Ideal Husband is a four-act play by Oscar Wilde that revolves around blackmail and political corruption, and touches on the themes of public and private honour. It was first produced at the Haymarket Theatre, London in 1895 and ran for 124 performances. It has been revived in many theatre productions and adapted for the cinema, radio and television.

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  • Author : Oscar Wilde
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 2021-09-24
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 161 pages

Download or read book An Ideal Husband written by Oscar Wilde and published by . This book was released on 2021-09-24 with total page 161 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An Ideal Husband by Oscar Wilde was first performed as a stage play in 1895. Set in London, and taking place over a period of twenty-four hours, characters such as The Earl of Caversham, Lord Goring, and Miss Mabel Chiltern converse about subjects that revolve around blackmail, political corruption, and honour.

Book An IDEAL HUSBAND by Oscar Wilde  Annotated Edition

Download or read book An IDEAL HUSBAND by Oscar Wilde Annotated Edition written by Oscar Wilde and published by . This book was released on 2020-10-29 with total page 188 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Wilde treats marriage as a complicated and imperfect relationship in his play, and mocks the Chilterns' try to create the suitable marriage primarily based on social repute. Lady Chiltern continuously states that her husband cannot come up with the money for to help the Argentine Canal scheme because he represents the first-rate of English lifestyles. Both Lady Basildon and Mrs. Marchmont complain approximately their marriage because they are too perfect, and are consequently uninteresting. In any marriage, issues arise, however in the nice marriages, love stays steady. Lord Goring is the play's champion of love, and his courting with Mabel permits for imperfections in place of focusing on ideals. Mrs. Cheveley tries to make Lord Goring marry her, however she represents evil and self-interest, and as Lord Goring notes, desecrates the phrase of affection. Thus, he does not even consider accepting her proposal, and maintains real to himself and his love. The survival of marriage and the inspiration of entering into married union is front and middle during the plot, and highlights the characters' imperfections.

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  • Author : Oscar Wilde
  • Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
  • Release : 2016-09-27
  • ISBN : 9781539114116
  • Pages : 64 pages

Download or read book An Ideal Husband by written by Oscar Wilde and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2016-09-27 with total page 64 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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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  • Author : Oscar Wilde
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 1914
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 136 pages

Download or read book An Ideal Husband written by Oscar Wilde and published by . This book was released on 1914 with total page 136 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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Download or read book An Ideal Husband by Oscar Wilde Annotated Classic Edition written by Oscar Wilde and published by . This book was released on 2021-09-26 with total page 188 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: ''An Ideal Husband'' is a play written by Oscar Wilde, a comedy that takes place over a short period of time and involves blackmail and corruption. "An Ideal Husband" 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". All his works reflect Wilde ́s promotion of Aestheticism.

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  • Author : Oscar Wilde
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 2020-12-08
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 132 pages

Download or read book An Ideal Husband written by Oscar Wilde and published by . This book was released on 2020-12-08 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.

Book Wilde

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  • Author : Oscar Wilde
  • Publisher : NHB Classic Plays
  • Release : 2007
  • ISBN : 9781854595898
  • Pages : 0 pages

Download or read book Wilde written by Oscar Wilde and published by NHB Classic Plays. This book was released on 2007 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: All four of Wilde's famous plays in one bargain-priced volume.

Book An Ideal Husband

Download or read book An Ideal Husband written by Oscar Wilde and published by . This book was released on 1913 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The Enormous Room

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  • Author : Edward Estlin Cummings
  • Publisher : LA CASE Books
  • Release : 2022-08-28
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 424 pages

Download or read book The Enormous Room written by Edward Estlin Cummings and published by LA CASE Books. This book was released on 2022-08-28 with total page 424 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One of the most important and popular American poets of the 20th century, e. e. cummings is best known for his brilliant and innovative verse and its distinctive lack of uppercase letters and conventional grammar. He was also a Cubist painter and a World War I veteran. At the age of 23, he abandoned his artistic pursuits for voluntary service as an ambulance driver in France. His military career culminated in a comedy of errors leading to his arrest and imprisonment for treason, as he memorably recounts in The Enormous Room. Cummings transforms a tale of unjust incarceration into a high-energy romp and a celebration of the indomitable human spirit that ranks with the best of its contemporaries, including the works of Hemingway and Dos Passos.

Book An Ideal Husband

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  • Author : Oscar Wilde
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 2020-09
  • ISBN : 9789390230228
  • Pages : 180 pages

Download or read book An Ideal Husband written by Oscar Wilde and published by . This book was released on 2020-09 with total page 180 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.

Book An Ideal Husband  1895   Comedic Stage Play

Download or read book An Ideal Husband 1895 Comedic Stage Play written by Oscar Wilde and published by Independently Published. This book was released on 2018-10-26 with total page 66 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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

Book An Ideal Husband

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  • Author : Oscar Wilde
  • Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
  • Release : 2018-08-07
  • ISBN : 9781722342401
  • Pages : 84 pages

Download or read book An Ideal Husband written by Oscar Wilde and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2018-08-07 with total page 84 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.

Book An Ideal Husband  by Oscar  Original Annotated Edition

Download or read book An Ideal Husband by Oscar Original Annotated Edition written by Oscar Wilde and published by . This book was released on 2021-12-04 with total page 131 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.

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Download or read book Oscar Wilde an Ideal Husband written by Oscar Wilde and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2010-03-01 with total page 110 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "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 honor. The action is set in London, in "the present", and takes place over the course of twenty four hours. Oscar Wilde began writing "An Ideal Husband" in 1893, and completed it later that winter. At this point in his career he was accustomed to success, and in writing "An Ideal Husband" he wanted to ensure himself public fame. His work began at Goring-on-Thames, after which he named the character Lord Goring, and concluded at St. James Place. Oscar Wilde initially sent the completed script for "An Ideal Husband" 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 January 3, 1895, "An Ideal Husband" continued for 124 performances.