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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. Together with The Importance of Being Earnest, it is often considered Wilde's dramatic masterpiece. In this illustration from a 1901 edition, one of the main characters confronts another about a stolen bracelet, later the subject of an attempted blackmail.