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

    By Oscar Wilde

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    mrs. marchmont. Going on to the Hartlocks’ tonight, Margaret?

    lady basildon. I suppose so. Are you?

    mrs. marchmont. Yes. Horribly tedious parties they give, don’t they?

    lady basildon. Horribly tedious! Never know why I go. Never know why I go anywhere.

    mrs. marchmont. I come here to be educated.

    lady basildon. Ah! I hate being educated!

    mrs. marchmont. So do I. It puts one almost on a level with the commercial classes, doesn’t it? But dear Gertrude Chiltern is always telling me that I should have some serious purpose in life. So I come here to try to find one.

    lady basildon. [Looking round through her lorgnette.] I don’t see anybody here tonight whom one could possibly call a serious purpose. The man who took me in to dinner talked to me about his wife the whole time.

    mrs. marchmont. How very trivial of him!

    lady basildon. Terribly trivial! What did your man talk about?

    mrs. marchmont. About myself.

    lady basildon. [Languidly.] And were you interested?

    mrs. marchmont. [Shaking her head.] Not in the smallest degree.

    lady basildon. What martyrs we are, dear Margaret!

    mrs. marchmont. [Rising.] And how well it becomes us, Olivia!
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherOscar Wilde
    Release dateNov 19, 2015
    ISBN9788892519336
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    Oscar Wilde

    Oscar Fingal O'Flahertie Wills Wilde was born on the 16th October 1854 and died on the 30th November 1900. He was an Irish playwright, poet, and author of numerous short stories and one novel. Known for his biting wit, 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.

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