Honore de Balzac’s Les Chouans (le shwanh) was originally published under a title referencing this author, whom Eugene Sue shamelessly ripped off in The Mysteries of Paris. For 10 points each:
[10h] Name this English-language author, who inspired the title of the novel that coined the expression “cherchez (SHER-sheh) le femme.” Vissarion Belinsky compared this author favorably to Shakespeare.
ANSWER: James Fenimore Cooper
[10e] The film noir catchphrase “cherchez la femme” originates from this author’s Cooper-influenced detective novel, The Mohicans of Paris. This author also wrote The Three Musketeers and The Count of Monte Cristo.
ANSWER: Alexandre Dumas, père
[10m] Olenin thinks of Fenimore Cooper’s The Pathfinder while searching for tracks in this Leo Tolstoy novella. In this novella, Olenin befriends Eroshka while fighting in the Caucasian War.
ANSWER: The Cossacks [or Kazaki]
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