An Ideal Husband (Webster's Portuguese Thesaurus Edition)

Name: An Ideal Husband (Webster's Portuguese Thesaurus Edition)
Rating: 3.928571428571429 (84 reviews)
Author: Oscar Wilde
ISBN: 9780497903305

by Oscar Wilde, Laurie Wolf

3.9

(84 ratings)

132 pages1893ICON Group International, Inc.ISBN 9780497903305

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About this book

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."

Publication Details

Publisher: ICON Group International, Inc.
Published: 1893
Pages: 132
ISBN: 9780497903305
Language: en

About Oscar Wilde

An Irish writer, poet, and prominent aesthete. Oscar Fingal O'Flahertie Wills Wilde was an Irish playwright, poet, and author of numerous short stories, and one novel. Known for his biting wit, and a plentitude of aphorisms, he became one of the most successful playwrights of the late Victorian era in London, and one of the greatest celebrities of his day. Several of his plays continue to be widely performed, especially The Importance of Being Earnest. As the result of a widely covered series of trials, Wilde suffered a dramatic downfall and was imprisoned for two years hard labour after being convicted of "gross indecency" with other men. After Wilde was released from prison he set sail for Dieppe by the night ferry. He never returned to Ireland or Britain, and died in poverty.