Chapter 3
Lord Henry at his uncle Lord Fermor's, gathering Dorian's family history -- a sketch of aristocratic gossip and pedigree.
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The glittering surface of London society -- dinners, country houses, the Duchess of Monmouth -- provides both the setting and a satirical target for Wilde's wit.
Chapter 17
The Selby Royal house party with the Duchess of Monmouth, the novel's most concentrated drawing-room comedy.
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