# Mabel Chiltern — An Ideal Husband character guide

> Mabel Chiltern in An Ideal Husband by Oscar Wilde.

**Role:** supporting

**Also known as:** Mabel, Miss Mabel, Miss Chiltern, that pretty Miss Chiltern, Mabel Chiltern Dear Gertrude, Mabel Chiltern Gertrude, Mabel Chiltern Dear, Mabel Chiltern Tommy, Mabel Chiltern Tommy Trafford, Mabel Chiltern Gravely, Mabel Chiltern Looking, Mabel Chiltern Severely, Mabel Chiltern Lord Goring

**First appearance:** 0001-an-ideal-husband

## Snapshot

Sir Robert's pert, pretty younger sister, who trades barbs with Lord Goring and refuses to take him seriously until it matters.

## Who they are

Mabel Chiltern is the play's freshest voice, a young woman who declares London society composed of beautiful idiots and brilliant lunatics and means it as praise. She teases Lord Goring about broken appointments in the Park while clearly enjoying his attention, and her frankness cuts through the hypocrisy around her. Her courtship with Goring offers a lighter counterpoint to the Chilterns' troubled marriage, and her loyalty to her brother keeps her close to the story's emotional stakes.

## Relationships

### [Lord Goring](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/an_ideal_husband_se/characters/lord_goring)

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Lord Goring and Mabel Chiltern are engaged, sharing a playful and affectionate romantic bond.

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