An excellent socially critical satire, although a little silly at times. It falls flat in the end, however, due to the requirements of the genre and the time in which it was written. (Of course, it all ends well and comes full circle back to the initial status as if none of the drama in between happ...
bookshelves: published-1895, classic, fraudio, winter20092010, victorian, play-dramatisation, britain-england Recommended for: BBC listeners Read on February 16, 2010 The unprincipled Mrs Cheveley threatens to reveal Sir Robert Chiltern's secret past unless he agrees to give his support in Parl...
It was a quick read like a splash of cold water on the face!! May be because the title ‘An ideal husband’ is an irony in itself compared to the kind of story Oscar Wilde has portrayed here in this book, because the truth he unfolds throughout and the insight that he gives in this play clearly challe...
Now I can give a little info to anyone who didn't read anything for Wilde: If you read his only novel "The Picture of Dorian Gray" first, then you won't like any of his other works!!As for me, Dorian Gray was the best, and I feel it's very hard for me to love any other Wilde-work more than it. An Id...
In realtà volevo leggerlo in lingua originale, dopo aver preso una grande batosta con gli "aforismi" tradotti male.. Però poi è subentrato il fattore pigrizia e quindi ha vinto la comoda traduzione italiana :DPenso che quest'opera sia la più bella di Wilde che ho letto finora. Davvero davvero davve...
This is a lovely rather short play which showcases all of Oscar Wilde's wit and cleverness. It also seems to examines the question of whether the ends justify the means and if it is fair to hold ones mate to an ideal of perfection. Sir Robert Chiltern is a rising star in the political world and is ...
While this was an excellent play as with all of Wilde's work I found myself again beaten by Wilde at his best. And what I mean there is that I basically found that this was not Wilde's best work and that as a result compared to The Importance of Being Earnest it fell a little flat. Oscar Wilde's bes...
The unprincipled Mrs Cheveley threatens to reveal Sir Robert Chiltern's secret past unless he agrees to give his support in Parliament to a questionable Argentinian venture. Faced with ruin in the eyes of the country and his wife, he seems to have no alternative. Wildean wit and the elegance of Engl...
Letters, politics, blackmail, love affairs. Romanians have "A lost letter" by I. L. Caragiale, the British have "An Ideal Husband". Not entirely interested in the plot, but Wilde's wit and turn of phrase compensate for everything.
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