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Setting literary device britannica encyclopedia britannica. In the importance of being earnest, by oscar wilde, the epigram that algernon uses in his last line provides a critique about how the rules of victorian society dictated many things, even what was proper to read. Planning for possibilities in the early years paperback routledge. Encyclopedia britannicas final print edition on verge of selling out. Perhaps i expected too much from encyclopaedia britannica, but this set is disappointing.
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