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It's from Edgar Allen Poe's The Cask of Amontillado

Nope. The word "jest" is used in the story, but not the phrase, "Surely you jest."

If you prod them enough, Americans of a certain age will remember the character of Chatsworth Osbourne, Jr. (played by Steve Franken) on the early '60s sitcom, The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis, using this phrase, in his haughty accent, regularly.

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