Question
The protagonist of this novel loses a large amount of money playing bridge in her first week at Bellomont, a manor house likely inspired by the estate of the author’s friends, the Mills family. For 10 points each:
[10m] Name this novel that ends with the protagonist overdosing on chloral hydrate after her aunt Julia disinherits her and Simon pressures her to expose her friend’s former love affair.
ANSWER: The House of Mirth
[10e] This author’s time in New York society inspired many of her novels, such as The House of Mirth and The Age of Innocence.
ANSWER: Edith Wharton [or Edith Newbold Jones]
[10h] Selden meets Lily in this other New York location in the opening paragraph of The House of Mirth. A prose poetry novel titled for this location describes Elizabeth Smart’s affair with George Barker.
ANSWER: Grand Central Station [or Grand Central Terminal; accept By Grand Central Station I Sat Down and Wept]
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Summary
| 2023 ACF Nationals | 04/22/2023 | Y | 21 | 14.76 | 100% | 29% | 19% |
Data
| Iowa State A | Johns Hopkins A | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 |
| Maryland A | Chicago A | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 |
| Cornell B | Claremont A | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 |
| South Carolina A | Indiana A | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 |
| WUSTL B | McGill A | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 |
| Penn A | Rutgers A | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 |
| UC Berkeley A | Virginia A | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 |
| Ohio State A | UC Berkeley B | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 |
| Minnesota A | Vanderbilt A | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 |
| Brown A | NYU A | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 |
| Penn State A | Duke A | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 |
| Illinois A | Florida B | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 |
| Georgia Tech A | Michigan A | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 |
| Columbia A | Texas A | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 |
| Rutgers B | Yale A | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 |
| Florida A | WUSTL A | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 |
| Georgia Tech B | Northwestern A | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 |
| Stanford A | Minnesota B | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 |
| Toronto A | Yale B | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 |
| Chicago B | Imperial A | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 |
| Cornell A | North Carolina A | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 |