LADY BRACKNELL Algernon is an extremely, I may almost say an ostentati…

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LADY BRACKNELL Algernon is an extremely, I may almost say an ostentatiously, eligible young man. He has nothing, but he looks everything. What more can one desire? ✨ Oscar Wilde (1899). The Importance of Being Earnest, p.135
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LADY BRACKNELL Algernon is an extremely, I may almost say an ostentatiously, eligible young man. He has nothing, but he looks everything. What more can one desire? ✨ Oscar Wilde (1899). The Importance of Being Earnest, p.135

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