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Lady Markby
Sir Robert Chiltern’s sister, a lovely, funny young woman. Mabel takes frivolousness as seriously as Lord Goring. She is the only person in the play who can truly match wits with him, and their inscrutable, delightful wordplay is the form cast by their romance. Mabel and Lord Goring get engaged near the end of the play.
Mabel Chiltern Quotes in An Ideal Husband
The An Ideal Husband quotes below are all either spoken by Mabel Chiltern or refer to Mabel Chiltern. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
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Act 1, Part 1
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Oh, I love London Society! I think it has immensely improved. It is entirely composed now of beautiful idiots and brilliant lunatics. Just what Society should be.
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Act 2, Part 2
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When Tommy wants to be romantic he talks to one just like a doctor.
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Act 4, Part 1
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Well, my duty is a thing I never do, on principle. It always depresses me.
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Act 4, Part 2
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An ideal husband! Oh, I don’t think I should like that. It sounds like something in the next world….He can be what he chooses. All I want is to be . . . to be . . . oh! a real wife to him.
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Mabel Chiltern Quotes in An Ideal Husband
The An Ideal Husband quotes below are all either spoken by Mabel Chiltern or refer to Mabel Chiltern. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
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Act 1, Part 1
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Oh, I love London Society! I think it has immensely improved. It is entirely composed now of beautiful idiots and brilliant lunatics. Just what Society should be.
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Act 2, Part 2
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When Tommy wants to be romantic he talks to one just like a doctor.
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Act 4, Part 1
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Well, my duty is a thing I never do, on principle. It always depresses me.
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Act 4, Part 2
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An ideal husband! Oh, I don’t think I should like that. It sounds like something in the next world….He can be what he chooses. All I want is to be . . . to be . . . oh! a real wife to him.
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