The Literature Network - In Oscar Wilde's An Ideal Husband, the politician's duped wife screams: "Don't come near me. Dont touch me. I feel as if you had soiled me for ever." Within this marriage one wonders if such an outburst would ever be possible and

In Oscar Wilde's An Ideal Husband, the politician's duped wife screams: "Don't come near me. Dont touch me. I feel as if you had soiled me for ever." Within this marriage one wonders if such an outburst would ever be possible and

Content courtesy of

From: Evening Standard - London
Date: 19991208
Author:ANDREW BILLEN

FORTNIGHT today Mary Archer will be 55. On this less than happy birthday, it will surely occur to her that another 30 years of marriage to Lord Archer could lie ahead of her. With his political career over and their sons grown up, there will be few enough distractions from each other. He will have his thrillers to write, Dr Archer her treatise on solar energy to complete. They will begin entertaining again at their home in Cambridge.

Charitable commitments will be honoured on both sides. But, for the most part, they will have each other. In Oscar Wilde's play, An Ideal Husband, the ...

Read the rest of this article with a Free Trial at HighBeam Research.

In Oscar Wilde's An Ideal Husband, the politician's duped wife screams: "Don't come near me. Dont touch me. I feel as if you had soiled me for ever." Within this marriage one wonders if such an outburst would ever be possible and

Other Articles on Oscar Wilde