Read this excerpt from The Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar Wilde. Which four sets of lines satirize the Victorians' tendency to place wealth above other factors in deciding whether a person was eligible for marriage?

Respuesta :

As a matter

of form, Mr. Worthing, I had better ask you if Miss Cardew has any little

fortune?

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hundred and thirty thousand pounds! And in the Funds! Miss Cardew seems

to me a most attractive young lady, now that I look at her.

Answer:

“I think some preliminary inquiry on my part would not be out of place. Mr. Worthing, is Miss Cardew at all connected with any of the larger railway stations in London?”

“That sounds not unsatisfactory. Three addresses always inspire confidence, even in tradesmen.”

“As a matter of form, Mr. Worthing, I had better ask you if Miss Cardew has any little fortune?”

“A hundred and thirty thousand pounds! And in the Funds! Miss Cardew seems to me a most attractive young lady, now that I look at her.”

Explanation: The other two options are wrong are plato.