Question

A businesswoman created by this author seductively addresses the protagonist as “Aeneas” as they take shelter from a storm while riding horses in the woods. In a novella by this author, the narrator hopes that he is the “man by the fountain” in a parable told by his love interest, from whom he wins a kiss in a game of forfeits against a doctor, a hussar, (10[1])and a poet. The jealous narrator of that novella by this author takes a knife to a garden, only to discover his father is his rival for a woman who calls him “Woldemar.” (10[2])A novella by this author in which the confectioner’s daughter Gemma enthralls Sanin in Frankfurt was partly inspired by this author’s love for Pauline (10[1])Viardot. (10[3])In a novella (10[3])by this author, the teenager Vladimir falls (10[1])for Princess Zinaída. For 10 points, name this Russian author of Spring (-5[1])Torrents (10[1])and First Love. (10[1])■END■ (10[4]0[4])

ANSWER: Ivan Turgenev [or Ivan Sergeyevich Turgenev]
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Summary

2024 ACF Nationals2024-04-21Y2085%0%5%126.94

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Kevin ParkClaremont CollegesChicago C6510
Ben DahlPurdueMaryland9810
Tim MorrisonStanfordYale B9810
Matt JacksonChicago AWUSTL B12210
Mattias EhatammWaterlooChicago D12310
Richard NiuCornell AMichigan12310
Eve FleisigBerkeley AToronto B12310
Owen MimnoNYUHarvard12610
Forrest WeintraubColumbia AMcGill12610
Ivvone ZhouNorth Carolina BColumbia B12610
Matthew LehmannWUSTL AJohns Hopkins13310
Ashish SubramanianDukeChicago B145-5
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Joseph ChambersVirginiaKentucky14910
Jakob MyersIndianaToronto A1500
Ethan AshbrookMinnesota ABrown15010
Rosa XiaCornell BYale A15010
Graham CopeFloridaIowa State1500
Jaik HavlickArizona StateGeorgia Tech15010
Jason HongBrownMinnesota A1500
John MarvinChicago BDuke1500
Khushi UmarwadiaSouth CarolinaTexas15010