An Ideal Husband - A Play. by Wilde, Oscar - 1909

1909. Copyright Edition. Leipzig, Bernhard Tauchnitz, 1909. 15.8 cm. 270 pages. Original hardcover / Quarter calf with gilt lettering on spine. Excellent condition with only very minor signs of external wear. Some light rubbing at spine. From the reference library of Hans Christian Andersen - Translator Erik Haugaard. With his Exlibris to the pastedown. [Collection of British authors ; 4113]. An Ideal Husband is an 1895 comedic stage play by Oscar Wilde which 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. "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." Together with The Importance of Being Earnest, it is often considered Wilde's dramatic masterpiece. After Earnest, it is his most popularly produced play. (Wikipedia)