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In an unfinished novel by this author, Thomas Parker and Lady Denham try to modernize the title fishing village into a resort. A protagonist created by this author (10[1])attends a picnic at Box Hill, where she accidentally insults the talkative Miss Bates. This author of the unfinished novel Sanditon wrote another novel in which Jane marries a bachelor who rents the nearby Netherfield estate named Charles Bingley. (10[2])That novel by this author opens by (10[1])stating a “truth universally (10[1])acknowledged” and centers on the Bennet family. For 10 points, name this author of Emma and Pride and Prejudice. (10[1])■END■

ANSWER: Jane Austen
<Literature - British Literature>
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Wade Rogers (DII)FordhamColumbia A2710
Zaid Asif (DII)NYU ALehigh6610
Nitya Nigam (UG)Columbia BSwarthmore B6610
Andrea Ladino (UG)NYU BRowan7310
Kaiden Carey (DII)PennSwarthmore A7710
Rio Lucenet (UG)NYU CUniversity of Delaware A9610

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