The narrator of a novel by this author suggests that his neighbor sponsored a midwife so that townspeople would stop “borrowing” the man’s horse out of spite. This author (15[1])may have intentionally left unfinished a novel that (-5[1])concludes as (15[2])the protagonist “caught (15[1])hold of a (-5[1])fille de chambre’s...end of Vol. (-5[1])II.” A character created by this author explains freedom by drawing a wiggly line in the air with his walking stick, which Balzac reproduced in the epigraph to (*) The Wild Ass’s Skin. (10[2])A novel by this author uses a completely black page to (-5[1])represent the death of a (-5[1])character (10[1]-5[3])who (10[2])also travels through France and Italy in (-5[1])a satirical “sentimental journey” by (10[1])this (10[1])author. The protagonist (10[1])believes his life to be altered (10[1])after (10[1])Dr. (10[2])Slop’s forceps flatten (10[1]-5[1])his nose (10[1])in a novel by this author that (10[1])features (10[3])his (10[1])alter (10[2])ego Parson Yorick. For 10 points, name this author of Tristram Shandy. (-5[1])■END■ (10[4]0[6])