Question

This author’s wife, whose poem about the “End of the Century” may have inspired one of this author’s novels, is the subject of Wifedom by Anna Funder. A character created by this author, who may have been inspired by Sonia Brownell, is given the last name Worthing in a feminist retelling by Sandra Newman. In a novel by this author, (10[1])Rosemary Waterlow confesses she is pregnant to a man who works at the New Albion advertising agency while writing the long (10[1])poem London Pleasures. This author of Keep (10[1])the Aspidistra (10[3])Flying (10[1])wrote a novel whose protagonist receives a note that says “I love you” from a woman he eventually (10[1])betrays while being tortured by (10[1])rats (10[2])in Room 101. (10[2]-5[1])For 10 points, name this author (10[2])who wrote about Julia and (10[1])Winston Smith in the novel 1984. ■END■ (10[1])

ANSWER: George Orwell [or Eric Arthur Blair] (The first line refers to Eileen Blair, who wrote the poem “End of the Century, 1984.”)
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2024 ACF Winter at Lehigh2024-11-16Y7100%0%0%94.29
2024 ACF Winter at Ohio State2024-11-16Y1100%0%0%89.00
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PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Olin BoseColumbia BRowan A5910
Jem BurchYale BYale A8010
Mitch McCullarPenn State AJohns Hopkins A8710
Charles YoungColumbia APenn A8910
Rachel Fanous (DII)Michigan AOhio State A (UG)8910
Rajat SethiNortheastern AWilliams A8910
Hazel DePreist-SullivanBard APenn B9010
Ethan FurmanHaverford AJohns Hopkins B10810
Will HollisterLehigh ARutgers A11310
Robert WangPenn State BPrinceton A11410
Russell Nip (UG)UBC AUW A11410
Ethan SiskelTufts BBowdoin A117-5
Emmet ThomsenBrown ABoston University A11710
Derek FinoClark ATufts A11710
Kaitlyn FarrinCarabrandeisBowdoin B12310
Christopher DechDiamond BrandeisYale C12310
Cindy ZhouBoston University BBrandeises Brew12810
Riley RoesslerBowdoin ATufts B13510