Oscar Wilde

Wilde, Oscar

An Ideal Husband

BOOK ADDED: Wed, 02/07/2008 - 12:00am by Karen Chisholm

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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De Profundis and Other Writings

BOOK ADDED: Wed, 02/07/2008 - 12:45pm by Karen Chisholm

This collection contains, too, many examples of that humorous and epigrammatic genius which captured the London theatre and, by suddenly casting light from an unexpected angle, widened the bounds of truth.Read more