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    An Ideal Husband
    An Ideal Husband
    An Ideal Husband
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    An Ideal Husband

    Written by Oscar Wilde

    Narrated by LibriVox Community

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    An Ideal Husband is an 1895 comedy 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 within a single day. "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." (Summary from Wikipedia)

    Characters:
    Narrator – Read by Alex Foster
    The Earl Of Caversham, K.G. – Read by Linton
    Viscount Goring, his son – Read by John Gonzalez
    Sir Robert Chiltern, Bart., Under-Secretary for Foreign Affairs – Read by David Barnes
    Vicomte De Nanjac, Attache at the French Embassy in London – Read by Juho Fröjd
    Mr. Montford – Read by Matthew Walton
    Mason, Butler to Sir Robert Chiltern – Read by Hugh McGuire
    Phipps, Lord Goring’s servant – Read by Juho Fröjd
    James, footman – Read by Read by Chris Goringe
    Harold, footman – Read by Zachary Brewster-Geisz
    Lady Chiltern – Read by Kristin Hughes
    Lady Markby – Read by Heather Barnett
    The Countess Of Basildon – Read by JemmaBlythe
    Mrs. Marchmont – Read by Ezwa
    Miss Mabel Chiltern, Sir Robert Chiltern’s sister – Read by Ophelia Darcy
    Mrs. Cheveley – Read by Betsie Bush
    Project Editor – Paula Berinstein
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherLibriVox
    Release dateAug 25, 2014
    Author

    Oscar Wilde

    Oscar Fingal O'Flaherty Wills Wilde was born in Dublin in 1854. He studied at Trinity College Dublin and then at Magdalen College Oxford where he started the cult of 'Aestheticism', which involves making an art of life. Following his marriage to Constance Lloyd in 1884, he published several books of stories ostensibly for children and one novel, The Picture of Dorian Gray (1891). Wilde's first success as a playwright was with Lady Windemere's Fan in 1892. He followed this up with A Woman of No Importance, An Ideal Husband and The Importance of Being Earnest, all performed on the London stage between 1892 and 1895. However Wilde's homosexual relationship with Lord Alfred Douglas was exposed by the young man's father, the Marquis of Queensbury. Wilde brought a libel suit against Queensbury but lost and was sentenced to two year's imprisonment. He was released in 1897 and fled to France where he died a broken man in 1900.

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