A character in The Importance of Being Earnest
The Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar Wilde
Lady Bracknell's sophisticated, fashionable London daughter and Algernon's cousin, who is in love with Jack and fixated on marrying a man named Ernest.
Also known as: Miss Fairfax, Hon. Gwendolen Fairfax
Inside the story
Gwendolen Fairfax is Lady Bracknell’s sophisticated, fashionable daughter and Algernon’s cousin in London society. Confident and quick witted, she is in love with Jack and determined to marry a man named Ernest, despite her formidable mother’s opposition.
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