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  "slug": "the-importance-of-being-earnest",
  "title": "The Importance of Being Earnest",
  "author": "Oscar Wilde",
  "language": "en",
  "spoilers": true,
  "characters": [
    {
      "name": "John Worthing",
      "aliases": [
        "Jack",
        "Ernest Worthing",
        "Mr. Ernest Worthing",
        "Uncle Jack",
        "Mr. Worthing",
        "Brother John"
      ],
      "description": "A country gentleman and Cecily Cardew’s guardian, adopted as a child by Thomas Cardew after being found in a handbag. He was born the elder son of Mrs. Moncrieff and christened Ernest after his father; he uses “Ernest” in town and “Jack” in the country, and is engaged to Gwendolen Fairfax."
    },
    {
      "name": "Algernon Moncrieff",
      "aliases": [
        "Algy"
      ],
      "description": "Jack’s friend, Lady Bracknell’s nephew, and Jack’s younger brother. He invents the permanently ill Bunbury as an excuse to escape social obligations and is engaged to Cecily."
    },
    {
      "name": "Rev. Canon Chasuble",
      "aliases": [
        "Dr. Chasuble",
        "the Rector"
      ],
      "description": "The local clergyman, who is fond of Miss Prism and agrees to christen Jack and Algernon."
    },
    {
      "name": "Merriman",
      "aliases": [],
      "description": "Butler at the Manor House, who announces visitors and attends to the household."
    },
    {
      "name": "Lane",
      "aliases": [],
      "description": "Algernon’s manservant. He says he was once married after a misunderstanding with a young person."
    },
    {
      "name": "Lady Bracknell",
      "aliases": [
        "Aunt Augusta",
        "Augusta"
      ],
      "description": "Algernon’s aunt and Gwendolen’s mother. She is also the sister of Mrs. Moncrieff and reveals that Jack is Mrs. Moncrieff’s elder son."
    },
    {
      "name": "Gwendolen Fairfax",
      "aliases": [
        "Miss Fairfax"
      ],
      "description": "Lady Bracknell’s daughter and Jack’s fiancée. She is determined to marry someone named Ernest."
    },
    {
      "name": "Cecily Cardew",
      "aliases": [
        "little Cecily",
        "Miss Cardew"
      ],
      "description": "Thomas Cardew’s granddaughter and Jack’s ward, living at the Manor House under Miss Prism’s care. She is engaged to Algernon."
    },
    {
      "name": "Miss Prism",
      "aliases": [
        "Lætitia Prism"
      ],
      "description": "Cecily’s governess, who teaches her and is in love with Dr. Chasuble. Twenty-eight years earlier, while caring for a baby boy, she accidentally placed him in a handbag and left it at Victoria station; that child was Jack."
    },
    {
      "name": "Lord Shoreman",
      "aliases": [
        "Lord Shoreman"
      ],
      "description": "A lord mentioned as having dined with Algernon and Mr. Worthing; he does not appear in the passage."
    },
    {
      "name": "Thomas Cardew",
      "aliases": [
        "Old Mr. Thomas Cardew",
        "Mr. Cardew"
      ],
      "description": "A charitable older man who found and adopted Jack, named him Worthing, and made him Cecily’s guardian in his will."
    },
    {
      "name": "Cecily’s mother",
      "aliases": [],
      "description": "Cecily’s deceased mother, mentioned as having no surviving family relations; she does not appear in the passage."
    },
    {
      "name": "Cecily’s father",
      "aliases": [],
      "description": "Cecily’s deceased father, mentioned as having no surviving family relations; he does not appear in the passage."
    },
    {
      "name": "Ernest Worthing",
      "aliases": [
        "Jack’s younger brother",
        "the profligate Ernest"
      ],
      "description": "The supposedly wicked younger brother Jack invents as an excuse to visit London. The name becomes Jack’s own after he is revealed to be christened Ernest; Algernon had also adopted it when visiting Cecily."
    },
    {
      "name": "Bunbury",
      "aliases": [
        "Mr. Bunbury",
        "Algernon’s invalid friend"
      ],
      "description": "An invented invalid whom Algernon uses as an excuse to avoid social engagements; Algernon presents him as a real friend."
    },
    {
      "name": "Mary Farquhar",
      "aliases": [],
      "description": "A woman Lady Bracknell plans to seat beside Algernon at dinner; Algernon says she flirts with her husband across the table. She does not appear in the passage."
    },
    {
      "name": "Lord Bracknell",
      "aliases": [
        "Gwendolen’s father",
        "papa"
      ],
      "description": "Lady Bracknell’s husband and Gwendolen’s father. His health is said to be poor; he does not appear in the passage."
    },
    {
      "name": "Lady Harbury",
      "aliases": [],
      "description": "A society woman Lady Bracknell recently visited after her husband’s death. She is said to look much younger since his death."
    },
    {
      "name": "Lady Harbury’s husband",
      "aliases": [],
      "description": "Lady Harbury’s deceased husband, mentioned but not otherwise identified; he does not appear in the passage."
    },
    {
      "name": "Lady Bracknell’s uncle",
      "aliases": [
        "Gwendolen’s uncle"
      ],
      "description": "An unnamed relative of Lady Bracknell whose ailment she says has not improved; he does not appear in the passage."
    },
    {
      "name": "Lady Bloxham",
      "aliases": [],
      "description": "An older woman who rents Jack’s house in Belgrave Square; she is said to go out very little and does not appear in the passage."
    },
    {
      "name": "Duchess of Bolton",
      "aliases": [
        "the dear Duchess of Bolton"
      ],
      "description": "A duchess whose list of eligible young men Lady Bracknell says she shares; she does not appear in the passage."
    },
    {
      "name": "Gerald",
      "aliases": [
        "Gwendolen’s brother"
      ],
      "description": "Gwendolen’s brother, mentioned as someone who proposes to women for practice; he does not appear in the passage."
    },
    {
      "name": "Moulton",
      "aliases": [],
      "description": "A person Miss Prism says ought to water the flowers, apparently a household worker at the Manor House; does not appear in the passage."
    },
    {
      "name": "Jenkins",
      "aliases": [
        "Jenkins the carter",
        "Poor Jenkins"
      ],
      "description": "A hardworking carter on Jack’s estate, whose twins Dr. Chasuble is to christen; he does not appear in the passage."
    },
    {
      "name": "Jenkins’s twins",
      "aliases": [
        "the twins"
      ],
      "description": "The two infants of Jenkins the carter, mentioned as being due to be christened by Dr. Chasuble; they do not appear in the passage."
    },
    {
      "name": "The Bishop",
      "aliases": [],
      "description": "A bishop who heard Dr. Chasuble preach a charity sermon and was impressed by its analogies; he does not appear in the passage."
    },
    {
      "name": "Lane’s former spouse",
      "aliases": [
        "the young person"
      ],
      "description": "An unnamed young person whose misunderstanding with Lane led to their marriage; does not appear in the passage."
    },
    {
      "name": "The footman",
      "aliases": [],
      "description": "An unnamed servant who attends Merriman while he serves tea at the Manor House."
    },
    {
      "name": "Mrs. Moncrieff",
      "aliases": [
        "Jack and Algernon’s mother"
      ],
      "description": "Lady Bracknell’s sister and the mother of Jack and Algernon. She does not appear in the passage."
    },
    {
      "name": "The General",
      "aliases": [
        "Jack and Algernon’s father",
        "Ernest John"
      ],
      "description": "The late father of Jack and Algernon, a General whose first names were Ernest John. Jack was christened Ernest after him."
    },
    {
      "name": "Gwendolen’s maid",
      "aliases": [
        "the trusty maid"
      ],
      "description": "An unnamed maid who tells Lady Bracknell that Gwendolen has fled, enabling her mother to follow her; she does not appear."
    },
    {
      "name": "Lady Lancing",
      "aliases": [
        "young Lady Lancing"
      ],
      "description": "A society woman to whom Lady Bracknell once recommended a French maid; she does not appear."
    },
    {
      "name": "Lady Lancing’s husband",
      "aliases": [],
      "description": "Lady Lancing’s husband, mentioned as not recognizing his wife after her makeover; he does not appear."
    },
    {
      "name": "Lady Dumbleton",
      "aliases": [],
      "description": "A society woman Lady Bracknell cites as having remained thirty-five for years; she does not appear."
    },
    {
      "name": "The pew-opener",
      "aliases": [],
      "description": "An unnamed church worker who tells Dr. Chasuble that Miss Prism has been waiting in the vestry; does not appear."
    }
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