Which of the following is not a character in William Congreve's The Way of the World?
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Correct answer: D. Peachum
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Fainall, Mirabell and the servant Waitwell are in The Way of the World (1700). Peachum is the fence and thief-taker in John Gay's The Beggar's Opera (1728).
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