Inside the story
Meet Cecily Cardew
Cecily Cardew is Jack Worthing’s eighteen-year-old ward and the granddaughter of Thomas Cardew. Living at the Manor House in the country, she keeps a diary and gives herself to romantic ideas, including the mysterious figure of Ernest.
On the page
A fresh, innocent-looking country girl of about eighteen with long loose or ribboned hair and a youthful, pretty face; dressed in a lighter, more girlish 1890s summer frock with a high neckline, suited to gardening and watering roses, less formal than her town counterpart.
