We see this type of humour at work, for instance in Algernon's pontifications on marriage, Jack announces he has come to ask Gwendolyn to marry him; Algernon responds, "I thought you had come up for pleasure? ... Sheridan, son of a poor Dublin actor, used his wit to fight his way into this London elite. ... Pearson, Hesketh, The Life of Oscar Wilde, London, Methuen and co Ltd, 1952. ... Colin Counsell, London: Nick Hern Books, 1998. ... Kenneth McLeish, London: Nick Hern Books, 1998. ...

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