Question

This author inspired a novel in which a Romanian Holocaust survivor with a gunshot scar on her arm marries the aspiring poet Julian. After the protagonist of a novel by this author recognizes a woman carrying a pink parasol who is riverboating (-5[1])with her lover near a countryside inn, he comes to doubt the meaning of the phrase “virtuous attachment.” The plot of that novel by this author is reversed in Foreign Bodies by Cynthia Ozick, who wrote an essay (10[1])titled “What [this (10[1])author] Knew.” The protagonist declares, “Live all you can; (-5[1])it’s (10[1])a mistake (10[1])not (10[1])to” (10[1])to a friend in (10[1])Gloriani’s garden in that novel by this author, in which a woman desires for her wayward son Chad Newsome (10[3])to be (10[2])brought (10[1])home (10[2])from (-5[1])Europe by (10[2])Lambert (-5[1])Strether. For 10 points, name this American author whose “late-period” novels include The Golden Bowl (10[1])and The (10[1])Ambassadors. ■END■ (10[4]0[2])

ANSWER: Henry James
<American Literature>
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Summary

2025 ACF Nationals04/19/2025Y2496%0%17%118.57

Buzzes

PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Parth JagtapToronto CMIT41-5
William OrrYaleGeorgia State7910
Guy IndoranteIowa StateVirginia Tech8210
John MarvinChicago ARutgers91-5
Joseph ChambersVirginiaMichigan9210
Mitch McCullarPenn StateWUSTL B9410
Thomas TibbettsUCFCornell B9510
Jim FanNorth Carolina AColumbia A9610
Michael HundingIllinois AIndiana10010
Arjun KalaIllinois BRIT11910
Tim MorrisonStanfordToronto A11910
Eve FleisigUC Berkeley AWaterloo A11910
Kevin WangGeorgia TechJohns Hopkins12110
Jisoo YooTexasCornell A12110
Anuttam RamjiUC Berkeley BArizona State12210
Owen MimnoNYUFlorida12310
Raymond ChenToronto BHarvard12310
Albert Yingzhi NyangLSEBritish Columbia124-5
Joel MilesMinnesotaChicago B12610
Charles HangWUSTL ANorthwestern12610
Adrian WongOttawaWaterloo B127-5
Henry BonWinona StateVanderbilt14210
Shourjo GanguliOhio StateNorth Carolina B14410
Isaac MammelMarylandColumbia B1460
Rayton LinWaterloo BOttawa14610
Aiden DartleyRutgersChicago A14610
Nathan SheffieldMITToronto C14610
Olin BoseColumbia BMaryland1460
Russell NipBritish ColumbiaLSE14610