Considered by many the most perfect comedy of manners in the English language, the play presents love and marriage among the upper classes in 1895 England. Gwendolen Fairfax, a young London woman who believes that "in matters of grave importance, style, not sincerity, is the vital thing," is idealistically determined to love someone of the name of Ernest. Meanwhile, down in the country Cecily Cardew has formed the identical ambition. Eventually they both become engaged to someone called Ernest Worthing—who may not actually exist. Are they both engaged to the same man, or to no one at all?
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