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Outline of Play
Jack Worthing is “Ernest” in town. He wins Gwendolyn’s hand, but Gwendolyn declares that she chiefly loves him for his name - Ernest - the name Jack has allotted to his non-existent brother whose peccadilloes explain his frequent absences from his country home where lives his pretty ward, Cecily.
Meanwhile Cecily has decided to marry rake-hell “Ernest” and when Algernon presents himself in this guise, she immediately accepts his smitten proposal. However, through some highly improbable coincidences, all is happily resolved.
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