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Lord Goring Monologue from An Ideal Husband

From An Ideal Husband by Oscar Wilde

male · contemplative · 1:34 min

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That will do. Lady Chiltern’s handwriting on Lady Chiltern’s pink notepaper. That is rather curious. I thought Robert was to write. Wonder what Lady Chiltern has got to say to me? ‘I want you. I trust you. I am coming to you. Gertrude.’ ‘I want you. I trust you. I am coming to you.’ So she has found out everything! Poor woman! Poor woman! But what an hour to call! Ten o’clock! I shall have to give up going to the Berkshires. However, it is always nice to be expected, and not to arrive. I am not expected at the Bachelors’, so I shall certainly go there. Well, I will make her stand by her husband. That is the only thing for her to do. That is the only thing for any woman to do. It is the growth of the moral sense in women that makes marriage such a hopeless, one-sided institution. Ten o’clock. She should be here soon. I must tell Phipps I am not in to any one else.

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Lord Goring reflects on a letter from Lady Chiltern, revealing her emotional state and the complexities of their relationships, while contemplating his own actions and societal expectations.

30s · anticipation · marriage · trust · moral sense · gender roles

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