An Ideal Husband
By Oscar Wilde
Cover: Hush! (The Concert) (c. 1875), oil on canvas by James Tissot (1836-1902) · Wikimedia Commons · Public domain (artist died 1902)
Sir Robert Chiltern, a respected politician with a spotless public name, is blackmailed by Mrs Cheveley over a secret that built his fortune. His friend Lord Goring, a famous idler, takes up the matter with a wit that surprises everyone.
Summary written with Claude Sonnet 5.5.