Question

In a story by this author, a man runs into the wife of a mercantile boat captain at three different concerts before arranging to meet each other. Another story by this author ends as a girl clutches an iron railing and looks at her lover with “no sign of love or farewell (15[2])or recognition.” (15[1])A man (15[1])in a story (15[1])by this author described as an “outcast from life’s feast” reads a newspaper article (15[1])about the death (15[1])of a woman (15[1])who once pressed (15[1])his hand to her cheek. (15[1])This author (15[2]-5[1])wrote a story whose title character recalls her (*) promise to her dying mother and decides against immigrating to Buenos (-5[1])Aires (10[3])with (10[1])Frank. (10[3])The narrator of a story by this author sees himself as (10[1])“a creature driven (10[1])and derided by vanity” after failing to obtain a gift for Mangan’s sister at the title (10[1])bazaar. For 10 points, (10[1])name this author whose stories (10[1])“A Painful Case” and “Eveline” appear alongside “Araby” in his collection Dubliners. ■END■ (10[2])

ANSWER: James Joyce [or James Augustine Aloysius Joyce]
<Literature - British Literature - Short Fiction>
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Buzzes

PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Kevin Yenumber of tang poems = 75 times number of lines in a shi = 100 times number of lines in a haikuStanford+5115
Ariel Faederthrow away your cards, rally in the streetsAw we're so sorry to hear that maman died today, she gets five big booms5115
Adrian WongThe Only Existing Manuscript from A Clockwork OrangeYou cannot go to Aarhus to see his peat-brown head / With eyes like ripening fruit5315
Walter ZhangImport PandasHu up Jinning they Tao5515
Jordan Brownstein"Powers a question on Stancyzk" that's a clown question broBanned from ARGOS5815
Oscar O'FlanaganLimp FranceskitSimple Vibes7215
John LawrenceWalston et. al.NJ TRANSit (and anwen i guess)7515
Neil GurramA is for Amy Robsart who fell down the stairsBerkeley7815
Taylor HarveyCry of the Common LoonWhere are the ACF Nationals recordings?8115
Joel MilesThompson et al.UBC8615
Henry CafaroThe Love Song of J Alfred PrufRock and Roll All Nite (and Party Every Day)Northeast by Northwestern8815
Matt BollingerBHSU ReFantazioThat Feeling When Knee Surgery Is in Five Days88-5
Raymond ChenShe Dicer On My Argonaute Till I RNA InterfereSimpson Agonistes: The Crisis of Donut8815
Maude-Sophie Lockmanas rational as the square root of two power bottomsRyan Wesley Routh's 10 000 NATO-trained Afghan Quizbowlers107-5
Michael HundiingWho is the Colleen Hoover of the Zulus?Notre Dame10810
Rob CarsonBHSU RebirthClown Senpais10810
Chinmay KansaraCLEVELAND, THIS IS FOR YOU!I wish it were possible to freeze time so I would never have to watch you retire10810
Omer KeskinCien Años de QuizboledadGrzegorz Brzęczyszczykiewicz10910
Adam Silverman|madam|Pahkin' the Ahgo11010
Yihong ChenModerator Can't Neg me While in AlphaCommunism is Soviet power plus the yassification of the whole country11010
Caleb OttTensei Shitara Flashcard Data KenI'd prefer to have the team name be Christensen et al. than anything that Erik cooks up 11010
Mike BentleyMusic to Help You Stop Smokinghawk two of12110
Charles HangWashUClown Squad12410
Eshan Pantjust one more half-dot bro12 Litres of Green Tea14010
Ryan RosenbergCope is the thing with feathersjeff mcneil #1 morningside heights fan club14410
Rachel BenthamCambridgeDefying Suavity14910
Liam StarnesThat Feeling When Knee Surgery Is in Five DaysBHSU ReFantazio16210
Jack van NostrandRyan Wesley Routh's 10 000 NATO-trained Afghan Quizbowlersas rational as the square root of two power bottoms16210