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, one of the title characters, while fighting in the Caucasian War.
ANSWER: The Cossacks [or Kazaki]
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