An Ideal Husband

An Ideal Husband by Wilde Oscar - Akasha Classics AkashaPublishing.Com - An Ideal Husband is Wilde Oscar's comedy of enemies friends and the secrets that catch up to us sooner or later. Sir Robert Chiltern is a wealthy respected Member of Parliament and host of a Grosvenor Square dinner party. Unfortunately dinner guest Mrs. Chevely knows how he got his money and she doesn't like the Chilterns. Can Sir Robert survive a blackmail attempt with his career and marriage intact? First produced in 1895 An Ideal Husband is both a Victorian comedy of manners and a timeless poke at human frailty. A play that exemplifies why Wilde is considered one of the best writers of dialogue in the English language.